State legislators should seriously consider the economies and efficiencies inherent in the extended school year. (LR)

California's experiences with year-round schools at the higher education level. (LR)

Summarizes existing State laws governing the school year and State activities in support of the extended school year. (Author/LR)

Position paper adopted at the 1970 national seminar on year-round education. (LR)

Uses multiple-voices methodology to describe lessons learned during implementation of year-round school calendar at the Francis Howell School District, the first and longest running year-round school in North America. (Contains 25 references.) (PKP)

After 14 years of success with year-round scheduling, a Colorado school district returned to a single-track calendar. Among the reasons cited are community members' desire for neighborhood schools and administrator burnout. Lists six suggestions for making year-round education work. (MLF)

This document presents a three-step model for providing teachers with basic information on year-round or extended school plans. As a first step, descriptions of basic plans are given. The four used in this paper are Staggered Quarter for All, Full 48-week School Year for All, Voluntary Summer Program, and A Summer Program for Professional…

This document represents a compilation of the bibliographic references of all documents that had been collected by the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Education Center (SWREC) prior to March 1, 1972. The bibliography has been organized into the major chronological segments: Before 1950, 1950-1959, 1960-1964, 1965-1969, 1970, and 1971. Within each…

Approximately 600 schools nationwide began the 1989-90 school year on a 12-month calendar, a 20 percent increase over last year. The traditional calendar was designed for an agrarian society and is no longer needed. Year-round schools offer more continuous learning and less learning loss during the summer months. (MLF)

Describes four school districts that operate year-round schools: Socorro Independent School District, Texas; Valley View School District, Romeoville, Illinois; Murrieta Valley Unified School near San Diego, California; and Rock Island-Milan School District in northwestern Illinois. Briefly describes three tracks of year-round education:…

Describes the variations of year-round education (YRE) plans being used across the country including the 45-15 plan, and the 60-20 plan used by the Oxnard School District (CA). Discusses the school design needs of YRE programming and the structural planning involved in Oxnard's Christa McAuliffe Elementary School. (MD)

General discussion of year-round schools and how they effect space savings, and affect construction costs, curriculum design, students, and teachers. (LR)