Describes the concept of year-round schools and examines several programs including the quarter system plan in Atlanta, the 45-15 plan in Illinois, and a Colorado plan entitled Concept 6'', where students alternate 43 days of vacation with 86 days of school. (DN)

In 2007 Cedar Ridge Camp opened for its first season as a traditional co-ed summer camp and year-round outdoor education and recreation centre. The mission would centre on creating a program that would encourage personal development and growth through a shared outdoor experience. Cedar Ridge's main goals were to promote the formation of close…

The purpose of this paper was to share a school administrative staff's "grass roots" experience in managing an intersession program - the educational term commonly assigned to mini-vacation periods - with others who are or may be facing such a challenge. (Author/RK)

Confronting low student performance, staff at a central California elementary school tackled curriculum-alignment problems; identified available instructional, support, information, and human-resource processes; and dealt with the language issue. The school's "Student Portfolio and Assessment System" helped teachers discover feasible…

This review surveys documents, previously announced in RIE, that are concerned with the year-round school (staggered vacation periods) concept. The literature indicates that the year-round school plan should not be considered a panacea for the economic and learning problems in education. Most of the authors agree that schools should weigh…

The change to year-round schools may precipitate system shock,'' which could lead to complete restructuring of cirriculum, athletics, and organization. (Author/JH)

Unique and successful plans in Atlanta and in Valley View, Illinois, have rekindled interest in the all-year school. (Author)

With the beginning of the 1968-69 school term, the Atlanta Public Schools implemented the four-quarter plan for reorganization of the secondary school curriculum. The year is divided into four quarters of approximately the same length. Pupils were compelled to attend the first three quarters of the 1968-69 term. Fourth quarter attendance is…

This study consists of a review of the literature, a discussion of some of the vital questions concerning the year-round school, and a bibliography. Discussed are (1) quarter schedules of various types and their applications to school calendars, (2) transitions to quarter schedules from conventional schedules, (3) teacher and staff assignments,…

Offers four critical considerations for secondary schools considered year-round on a 4-quarter basis: (1) essentially equalized enrollment in all four quarters is impossible to achieve and sustain; (2) subject matter must be reorganized to fit a year-round calendar; (3) qualified teaching personnel must be available to fill in for those who take a…

The author summarizes the effects of widespread innovation and experiment in curriculum and methods of instruction and concludes that the educational process is becoming increasingly individualized. (Author/JB)

In March 1976 the Knox County school board cut short Tennessee's only recent experiment in year-round education because only 12 percent of the 5,500 students in the 5 West Knox County schools involved in the 3-year trial elected to attend the summer quinmester of the 5-quin school year. (AUTHOR)

The rescheduled school year is suggested as a means by which teaching and learning can be made much more attractive to the student, the teacher, and the taxpayer. The author cites the tremendous explosion of knowledge, the loss of learning from extended vacations, and the time spent tooling up and down for school as reasons why student attendance…

More than 900 consultants, participants, and committee members representing nearly every State and many foreign countries attended the seminar. This document consists of 31 seminar presentations that include primarily descriptions of specific programs as well as information relative to community relations, curriculum planning, evaluation models,…