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A National Model: A Voluntary Four-Quarter Plan at the High School Level.
Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1992
A four-quarter extended school year plan in Buena Vista, Virginia, high schools is described in this paper. The voluntary program is composed of 3 quarters totaling 150 instructional hours, with an optional summer quarter. Advantages of the program include community/business support and student opportunities for remediation and acceleration.…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools, Outcomes of Education
Year-Round Schools: A Twenty-Year Follow-up Study of a Nationally Recognized Single Track Four-Quarter Plan at the High School Level.
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Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1995
In 1973, the Virginia State Board of Education and the school board, faculty, and students of Buena Vista (Virginia) approved a four-quarter voluntary extended school-year plan for the Parry McCluer High School. This paper describes the review and planning process, as well as some of the program's outcomes 20 years later. Some of its objectives…
Descriptors: Costs, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools
Year-Round Schools: A National Perspective.
Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1991
A rationale for restructuring American education through changing the school schedule is presented in this paper. The following issues are addressed: the national status of year-round education; meeting children's needs; school year calendars in Europe, Japan, and Russia; and school calendar options. Arguments for year-round schooling are that it…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, Outcomes of Education
Year-Round Schooling: A School for All Seasons at the Secondary Level.
Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1990
Outcomes of a four-quarter extended school year plan implemented in a Buena Vista City, Virginia, high school in 1973 are described in this paper. (The school year was divided into three 60-day quarters; each quarter is an independent unit. The tuition-free fourth or summer quarter is voluntary.) The approval process, program objectives,…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools, Outcomes of Education
Ten-Year Follow-Up Study of the Development and Implementation of a Quarter Plan To Provide Year-Round Schools in Grades 9-12 in the City of Buena Vista.
Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1987
This 10-year follow-up three-part evaluation describes how well the City of Buena Vista (Virginia) Public Schools implemented a year-round school program for high school students. The focus of the program was the organization and development of a tuition-free extended-school-year quarter plan that included a voluntary fourth quarter. The…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Free Education, Quarter System, School Schedules
Year-Round Schools: A Twenty-Year Follow-Up Study of a Nationally Recognized Single Track Four-Quarter Plan at the High School Level. [Revised].
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Bradford, James C., Jr. – 1996
In 1973-74, the school board, faculty, and students in Buena Vista, Virginia, with the support of the Virginia State Board of Education, approved a single-track, four-quarter extended school schedule that provided year-round education at the high school level. This paper presents a review of the literature on year-round education and describes the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Cost Effectiveness, Extended School Year, High Schools