Describes reasons for teacher job satisfaction at a year-round elementary school (Timber Lane) in Fairfax County, Virginia, such as flexible work schedules, reduced stress, and time for professional planning. (PKP)

A Florida school district is changing people's attitudes toward year-round schools. Experience at one elementary school indicates that students are retaining more of what they learn because their education is not interrupted by a long summer break. (MLF)

Compares student academic and nonacademic outcomes for year-round (YR) and traditional-calendar schools in a metropolitan school district with 36% of its elementary students in YR schools. Interviews with teachers and administrators in six schools suggest reasons for the better academic achievement in YR schools. (SLD)

Summarizes a study of six matched year-round and traditional-calendar elementary schools in a West Coast district. After 4 years, the year-round programs produced acceptable academic growth in students, compared to controls. Gains were higher for math than reading and slowed after several years. (Contains 31 references.) (MLH)

Examined achievement differences between year-round and traditional calendar students using 2 years of data from North Carolina public school students in grades 3-8. Results indicated that achievement in year-round schools was no higher than in traditional calendar schools, and differential effects for certain student subgroups, although…

This article cites how existing space has been used more efficiently and how institutions have acquired space in buildings that have not necessarily been used for education before. The common goal of all the solutions is to avoid resorting to new construction. The solution to redeploy campus space (and the timing of programs) depends on such…

Argues that the September-June school calendar, based on economic rather than educational considerations, has outlived its usefulness. Recommends designing a less disruptive schedule to suit children's continuous learning needs, presents several year-round options, and summarizes the benefits of uninterrupted learning. (MLH)

Research on the relationship of instructional time and achievement of handicapped students is reviewed, and implications are considered for policy matters (including the effects of increasing the school calendar length and lengthening the school day and the impact of service delivery systems selected for handicapped students). (CL)

Data collected from 66 managers in Tennessee tourist attractions indicate that 53 percent of seasonal workers in Tennessee come from the school system. The proposal to implement year-round schools would drastically increase the tourism industry's labor shortage. An alternative labor force needs to be identified and the issue of year-round schools…

The center, a once abandoned elementary school building in Leadville, Colorado, combines year-round preschool, day care, and before- and afterschool programs for 550 children aged 2.5 to 13. The center also helps the local high school's parenting/child development class and offers onsite family counseling by county social workers. (MLH)

Explores the cost savings (efficiency) of a year-round schedule versus a traditional 9-month schedule for 115 schools in Clark County, Nevada, including real-estate capital in the estimated cost functions. The 26 year-round schools experienced efficiencies in cost of capital and other areas, such as operations. (Contains 15 references.) (MLH)

The study evaluated the effects of extended year (summer) programming with 36 multihandicapped students (ages 7-16). Data collected indicated that students enrolled in summer programming acquired new skills, and that acquisition was additive to skills acquired during this regular year. (Author/JW)

Argues that reform of public education is possible through a combination of programs of remedial education, enrichment, and alternative education, and changes in the structure of education that come from vouchers and the 45-15 year-round school schedule. (IRT)

In the study reported here a cost model of facility usage was constructed to assess the financial impact of alternative facility usage policies. Results of the study indicate that the financial benefits that accrue from increased facility utilization would likely be more than offset by increased costs. (Author)

Points made in favor of year-round education include: improved attendance; better coordination of students, vacations, and facilities; fewer discipline problems; less stressful teaching conditions; and continuity benefits for special needs students. (CB)