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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

The Year-Round School: Where Learning Never Stops. Fastback 259.

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Ballinger, Charles E.; And Others – 1987

This fastback examines the instructional and administrative benefits of year-round education and describes schools currently operating on a year-round schedule. Instructional benefits of year-round education for gifted, average, and remedial students are cited in a brief introductory article. Other benefits, discussed in more detail, include…

Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling

SETTING THE STAGE FOR LENGTHENED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS--A SPECIAL REPORT PREPARED FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1968

THIS REPORT TO THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE DESCRIBES SEVERAL EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR DESIGNS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO HELP ATTAIN THE GOALS OF ECONOMY AND INCREASED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY--(1) THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS DESIGN, (2) THE MODIFIED SUMMER SCHOOL, (3) THE TRIMESTER DESIGN, (4) THE QUADRIMESTER DESIGN, (5) THE EXTENDED K TO 12 PLAN, AND (6)…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Costs, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement