Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

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Year round school has been a debate in our country for a long time. Many school systems fear transitioning to year round school because of the feedback they may receive from students, parents, and teachers. Year round school however, is the new reality and should be the new “norm” in our country. While looking at the background, the different track systems, the improvements and even the setback that year round education could have on a school system, you will find that year round education should be our countries new “traditional school.” In the mid 1800’s schools were structured and based around the agriculture needs. Many children were required to work at a very young age. Work was something that had to be done during this time in America. If there was no one to …show more content…
However, if this is the only reason a school system is thinking about switching they should rethink their reasoning. Rising test scores are a benefit from year round school. In fact, there is a lot of research that is going in to finding out why test scores are on the rise when it comes to year round school. An example would be, how underprivileged children are affected. There are many children that are unprivileged that are going to schools that may not be the best school or a top rated school. However, at least when they are attending school they are learning. During the summer though, their home life may be even worse then what they are experiencing at school, which is going to cause a greater loss of knowledge. This happens because parents aren’t helping enforce what the child may have been taught or learned in school. Studies are showing however that it is not the time you are in school, for example 180 days. It is the continuous amount of time that children are in school. Which is why some administrations are pushing for year round school because yes, the children would be getting breaks but they

Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

desk, on the first day of school, thinking about how long it would be until break. Kids all around her were thinking of the same thing as they looked out the window to a bright sunny day. When kids have year around school, they go to school for 45 days then get 3 weeks off. Students without, start school in September and don't get a break until November! SCSD1, a school district in Sheridan county, should change to a year round school calendar. When kids have year round school calendars they have better…

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Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

Year-round schooling is controversial because American schools follow their historical traditions. The strongest counter-argument is additional time in the classroom benefits student learning, which suggests that the year-round calendars also aid learning. However, in my view, this is incorrect because funding year-round schooling takes money away from other beneficial services in schools. Therefore, I maintain that year-round schooling should not be embraced. To begin with, schools should not switch…

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Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

4 “Should our School be Year-Round, or Should Students Have the Summer Off?” Year-Round schooling versus the traditional school calendars are a very wide and discussed matter in today’s society. There are many positives and negatives to this subject, although it appears there are far more pros to year-round schooling. Some of the discussed topics of year-round schooling are the concerns of it, the advantages and disadvantages, and how it is effective. The concern on year-round schooling versus…

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Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

break from school. This gives students a chance to finally escape the scorching sun and travel to somewhere cooler, like Denver, Colorado. Year-round schooling is where students attend school for forty-five or more days and then get about three weeks (fifteen days) off. Although some people cringe at the idea of year-round school, others enjoy year-round school, such as the people that are in the three thousand one hundred eighty-one year-round public schools in the United States. Year-round schooling…

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Persuasive Essay On Year Round School

Does your schooling go year-round?? Do you ever miss having school in the summer. If your school doesn’t go year-round or you miss having school sometimes, your school should implement year-round schooling. I believe all schools like Shattuck Middle School should implement year-round schooling. For one, students get more breaks than other schools. Second, less time is needed to re-teach students anything from previous years. Finally, most students score higher in math and reading tests. While some…

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The United States has the shortest school year, however like other successful countries, some states such as Wyoming, Mississippi, Maine, and a few others have a year-round schooling system, and experience students who have higher test scores and retention rates. It won’t take much to help the U.S. and we can become a high ranking nation in the educational system if we copy these other states and countries in adopting an all year-round schooling system. There are many basic and positive benefits…

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