Analyzes responses of 300 parents of children educated in a district enrolling 36% of its elementary students in a multitrack year-round school. Neither calendar was perceived as perfect; parents whose children attend year-round schools had difficulties scheduling family activities. However, these problems do not necessarily detract from parents'…

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…

A general strategy for analyzing the costs of year-round schooling is used to analyze cost patterns of 45-15 schools in a large east coast school system. Based in part on the cost study, the school board decided to phase out year-round education in its trial schools. (Author/DN)

Year-round education is doomed to fail, believes this educator. She feels that 12 months of the same kind of schooling we are offering today will only extend our existing problems. (Editor)

This study initiates an exploratory research effort to determine styles of planning processes actually used and recommended for use by public school districts and relates these styles to selected school district characteristics. Year-round education was selected as the vehicle for the study. Specific objectives of the study include identifying…

The National Council on Year-round Education was formed in 1972 to aid professional schoolmen and supportive board members who feel that our traditional school attendance pattern is unsound from an educational, financial, and societal standpoint. The Council's president-elect cites here the past year's activities of the Council and presents…

Critically reviewing the conclusions of Mossie J. Richmond, Jr. in "Effects of Extended School Year" (Education, 97, 392-8), this article asserts that Richmond's methodology was unsuitable for year-round school cost analysis and that year-round schedules do, in fact, save money. (JC)

One hotly-debated topic related to scheduling is year-round schooling. While still the exception rather than the rule, year-round schooling (also called extended learning) is growing in popularity. According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), 3,180 public schools were operating year-round in 2002-2003. California leads…

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of year-round scheduling on student achievement and attendance and to conduct a cost-efficiency analysis associated with year-round education. Participants were students who attended year-round school in the fourth and fifth grades (N=95) and students who attended schools with traditional…

Year-round schooling is a form of educational restructuring designed either to increase efficiency by enabling a district to accommodate more pupils without providing new buildings or to modify the school year to improve both academic and nonacademic outcomes. The main forms of year-round schooling include the single-track calendar and multi-track…

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)

An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the trimester system and speculations on the current disuse and prospects for revival of the system. (Editor/HS)

Although the Forty-Five-Fifteen extended school year design is a modification of the Nine-Three concept, a school community can receive the same basic results from the implementation of either design. The basic differences are found in the titles of the designs and in the methods of establishing the initial rotating-cycles. (Author/NQ)

The Wake County (North Carolina) Public School System currently operates 7 year-round schools on a 45-15 day schedule. Six schools with voluntary magnet enrollment operate on a multitrack system that has 75% of the students in school, while 25% are on break. A program review showed that multitrack schools are as effective as traditional schools.…