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Ballinger, Charles – Updating School Board Policies, 1990
Advantages and examples of year-round education are discussed in this publication. Advantages include instructional benefits, relief from overcrowding, savings on operational and capital costs, increased teacher flexibility, improved attendance, and reduced vandalism. Guidelines for implementation, calendar design, and descriptions of various…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling
Download full textWhitney, Howard, Comp.; Piele, Philip, Comp. – 1968
This annotated bibliography is a selected listing of 11 books and pamphlets, three dissertations, and 31 articles on year-round school programs published since 1962. The documents listed explore the effects on cost and educational quality of (1) staggered quarter plans, (2) quarter system plans, (3) staggered trimester plans, (4) split trimester…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Continuous Progress Plan, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Report of the Committee To Study the Feasibility of the Extended School Year. End of Project Report.
Richland County School District 1, Columbia, SC. – 1972
The major activities carried out in the study were the researching of available data pertaining to past attempts at extended school year programs; programs now in operation; and current theories, projections, and sociological trends relative to extended school year plans. Each plan was evaluated according to its potential to contribute…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Schools, Extended School Year, Feasibility Studies
DeSimone, Samuel – 1974
An overview of the planning and implementation problems based on the program in Butler, Pennsylvania, presents a wide range of topics concerning year-round education. concept. Questionnaires, data presentations, and planning suggestions present the implementation process. Using a question-and-answer style, many typical problems and concerns of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Varner, Sherrell E. – 1968
The extended school year is based on the needs to economize, to improve teacher status, to deal with the teacher shortage, to improve and enrich education for all pupils, to achieve pupil acceleration, and to keep youth busy and off the streets during the summer months. In spite of these claimed advantages, experimentation and adoption of extended…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Continuous Progress Plan, Economic Factors, Educational Research
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
Schmid, Torsten H. – 1971
This report is an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the literature and research findings related to the rescheduled school year with the aim of presenting information and research data about the major extended school year designs and the impact of these designs on a school system. The first chapter considers the reasons why extended school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Bibliographies, Community Attitudes
Holzman, Seymour – 1971
This report summarizes the available information on year-round schools. The document narrates a brief history of the year-round school, describes several variant related program types, and presents some of the advantages and disadvantages of such programs. One section of the report offers pro and con views on the subject of the extended school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Community Support, Extended School Year
BW Associates, Berkeley, CA. – 1992
Intended to provide background information and preliminary policy options for the California Community Colleges' Commission on Innovation, this document explores the advantages and costs of shifting to year-round operations to increase college capacity and reduce the need for new facilities. Following introductory materials detailing the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, Community Colleges, Construction Costs
Wollaston, Twila – 1974
The Pennsylvania Legislature funded a two-year program to enable interested local schools to conduct exploratory programs on all-year scheduling. Funds were allocated by contract on the basis of the local school's need and readiness to conduct some type of all-year school program or to study the feasibility of such a program. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
McCloskey, Gordon – 1973
This text is one of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. The book describes some of the current circumstances that are giving rise to interest in year-round community school programs, differentiates between plans that incorporate…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Community Schools, Continuous Progress Plan, Cost Effectiveness
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
Eddy, Margot Sanders – 1979
The experiences of a variety of postsecondary institutions using different academic calendar options are examined. Several calendar options are described: the traditional semester, the early semester, 4-1-4, the quarter system, the trimester plan, composite plans, and year-round plans. The traditional semester calendar begins in mid-September and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Students
THOMAS, GEORGE ISAIAH – 1966
THIS REPORT EXPLORES PLANS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ORGANIZATION BASED UPON THE LENGTHENING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO REDUCE BY ONE OR MORE YEARS THE TOTAL PERIOD OF SCHOOLING. PRACTICAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED CONCERNING (1) THE CONTINUOUS SCHOOL YEAR PLAN, (2) THE TRIMESTER PLAN, (3) THE QUADRIMESTER PLAN, (4) THE MODIFIED SUMMER SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Costs, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement
Fardig, Diane – 1992
An evaluation was conducted to provide formative information about the pilot implementation of year-round education in three 3 Monday In Orange County, the 180-day calendar was divided into three Monday through Friday 12-week sessions separated by 3-week breaks. A multitrack design (five tracks of students, with four in school at any one time) was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
