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Download full textFrederick, Edward C. – 1975
The University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca prepares students for midmanagement, semiprofessional positions in the broad fields related to agriculture. The college operates on a year-round quarterly basis, with the summer quarter being no different from the fall, winter, and spring quarters. Students can start any quarter and graduate any…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, College Planning, Extended School Year, Quarter System
Pruitt, Henry J. – 1974
There are many States without extended school year (ESY) enabling legislation or programs in operation. A few States have passed enabling ESY legislation and have no programs in operation. Others have ESY programs in operation without any specialized legislation. Several States have specialized ESY legislation and ESY programs in operation. This…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Extended School Year, National Surveys, Quarter System
White, William D. – 1993
This paper describes benefits of year-round education experienced by principals and teachers in 12 secondary schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. The Concept-6 three-track plan, which was implemented for 15 years, resulted in the following benefits: increased learning time and intensity; fifth-quarter enrichment; remedial intersessions;…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Outcomes of Education
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
Henson, E. Curtis – 1974
This paper describes the planning and implementation of a 4-quarter, year-round program instituted for the 32,000 high school students enrolled in the Atlanta Public School System. The school district was faced with finding a pattern of organizational structure that would carry a flexible, changing curriculum and allow for the individual goals of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Extended School Year, High Schools, Program Descriptions
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
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
