Studies suggest that disadvantaged and migrant students suffer more from retention losses during nonschooling time. Strategies to reduce forgetting include providing year-round schools, shifting supplementary education services to nonschool periods, and reshaping the curriculum to focus on complex and meaningful tasks. (MLF)

A Yuma (Arizona) elementary school district discovered that year-round schooling is doable, if the community is ready. Before proceeding, superintendents should do their homework, involve the community, form a support group to solidify acceptance, rally colleagues, develop a multiyear implementation plan, collect data on issues raised in the…

A followup study surveyed 79 principals of year-round, multitrack California elementary schools. YRE principal persistence between 1993 and 1998 was lower than that of counterparts in traditional-schedule schools. YRE schools need increased administrative support; their principals need stress management strategies. (Contains 14 references.) (MLH)

Year-round education is an idea that has been successfully implemented in many schools located in the western United States. This paper presents findings of a study that explored public opinion toward year-round education in a portion of the midwestern states. A total of 30 individuals living in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan…

Cost issues associated with year-round schools (YRS) are examined in this paper, which asserts that the cost of operating a YRS program depends on a district's classroom space and student population. YRS is recommended if there is a need to utilize classroom space or school facilities more efficiently to accommodate a student population that…

Year-round schools operate 12 months rather than the traditional 9- or 10-month schedule. On a multitrack year-round schedule, attendance is staggered so that some students are on vacation while others attend school the usual number of days (about 180). Year-round schools can usually accommodate more students and offer an alternative to…

Year-round schooling is a positive alternative for the Woodburn School District, a district experiencing an overcrowding problem. The year-round education system has not yet been implemented in Woodburn, but the proposal is getting serious attention by administrators, teachers, and parents. The Utah Foundation Research Report identifies 10…

One of the most rapidly growing innovations in education in the United States is the adoption of year-round calendars. The largest year-round operation during the 1970's and a model for many districts was run by the Jefferson County, Colorado, School District. After 14 years of year-round schooling, the district returned to a modified 9-month…

The paper explores issues related to the provision of year-round schooling for gifted learners. Noted are individual differences among gifted learners, the trend toward providing differentiated curriculum in all content areas, and the importance of curriculum articulation. Reasons are offered to explain why many of the best gifted programs operate…

Compared here is the cost of year-round education (YRE) with that of traditional education in the Oxnard (California) School District in 1981-82. Three approaches were used. The first computes the YRE program costs during the summer when the traditional school is not in session, revealing that an 850-student YRE school incurs $39,299 in costs…

An interview with Wayne C. Malone, principal of Pasco Comprehensive Senior High School, Dade City, Florida. The Pasco district recently elected to adopt the 45-15 day extended school-year plan. (JF)

In cases where college institutions are facing situations with too much or too little space, there must be drastic revision in educational programs to provide economical use of buildings. One solution is to redeploy campus space and to alter the timing of programs. Examples considered include year-round campus use, off-campus programs,…

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)

Schools adopt year-round plans for a host of reasons, writes this author, who feels that today's fuel shortages and other conservation concerns further justify schools operating 12 months of the year. (Editor)

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…