Michael Lopez

2/2/17
Period 5
Ms. Smith
Year Round Schooling, Is it worth it?

The number of year-round schools across the United States, 3,181. Even though that may not

seem like a large number, it sure is. Students all over the world have mixed opinions on year round

schooling. Year round schooling school goes around for the entire year calendar to attempt to keep

students smart and in school. This still has costs because kids, teens, and even adults would have more

often broken but not as large as the previous summer vacation ones. The method could work but it also

has its downsides that could affect students and their family. Schools are investing into this to keep

students mind sharp and make them learn more. Although year-round schooling has pros and cons, if this

topic the cons overrun the pros, the amount of free time and family bonding is reduced. This is leading to

a rough conclusion because year-round schooling can interfere with family time, many students do not

benefit off of it, and the short vacation could affect them.

Having year-round schooling could be a method that should introduce to some people, but when it

links into the family life which is just horrible. Many people think of this as beneficial, in some ways it is, but

it could actually affect a child more to not see his family members because of no vacation time. The fact how

a school can make it so students can not see their long distance family members. Something that is so harsh

can ruin a childs childhood because they will have no time to actually spend time with their family members,

The effect it can have on families. Quality family time is important to the emotional and developmental

well-being of a child. Not having a summer break can make it difficult to schedule meaningful family time

The major drawback is the assumed detriment to family structure," Lynch says. "American families have

become accustomed to the traditional long summer vacation. Parents may find it difficult to schedule

vacations and family reunions" (Kalil 7). This could be a major dilemma because family bonding is important
and if the year-round schooling interferes with their special family reunion the family has every year on a

during the summer that most of the children would have to attend school and ruin it for mainly every family

member, When year-round school is implemented, its impact on leisure travel is felt when it comes to who

goes on a family vacation, when and where families take vacations, and the length of the vacation(McCleary

3). There are, of course, those who argue that there should be year round schooling because of the benefits

that the family gets. During the summer it is clear knowledge that most parents are not going to be making the

same amount of money as they were during the time of school. They need to be home taking care of their

children instead of working a considerable amount of hours. If year-round schooling is brought into the

learning system then more money would be made because then parents can work their normal hours, which

would allow parents to make the money that they need,Eliminating any sort of long break from school can

improve a child's academic achievement. Long summers are known to cause "summer slide," or the decline of

academic skills and knowledge over the course of the extended vacation. The loss in learning varies across

grade level, subject matter and family income, according to the National Summer Learning Association, but it

affects all children in some way (Kalil 3). Parents will not get a loss in money because they do not have to

take off work every day, which will give the family more money based on more school. This could be a major

benefit because many families would be having a higher income. Despite, having a larger income, spending

time with family which is a large part of a childs childhood. They want year round schooling because of not

making as much money, parents would be home probably more because of the more frequent breaks that will

cause the lose more money. Also if a child will not have enough time to see and meet with distant cousins or

other family members than they will never know where they came from and how differently they live from us.

Also in the United states more family are used to long vacation, American families have become accustomed

to the traditional long summer vacation. Parents may find it difficult to schedule vacations and family

reunions (Lynch 2). It is more important to have time to have family vacations and it would be harder to

schedule family reunions because there is school everyday. Giving the free time to have a big family vacation
is more important money because family is important. Families are used to having long vacations, which will

only hurt them by taking away their family time.

People that are making opinions that year-round schooling helps students academic wise. This is a lie

that has been stated by many different places. Having year-round schooling does not make a student

academically benefit off of it, The academic case for year-round school stems from studies that show that the

achievement gap between low-income students and their higher-income peers is exacerbated during the

summer. But the current research on the academic impact of year-round calendars is inconclusive. One

meta-analysis of research from the University of Minnesota, published in 1999, found that 42 studies showed

no positive impact on year-round school, while 27 studies showed a significant positive impact. The authors

determined that the overall impact was positive, but cautioned that most research on the topic did not control

for other relevant factors, such as students socioeconomic status. A 2015 study indicates that more advanced

students were more likely to benefit from additional days in school than their peers who struggled

academically (Zubrzycki 22). Many studies show that students do not benefit from it if they are struggling it

just makes it worse. This idea was originally supposed to help students that wanted to even help out their

grades with smarter kids but this doesnt help. This happens everywhere because in normal schedules and

year-rounds students do not benefit off of it, NEW YORK Students in year-round schools don't learn

more than their peers in traditional nine-month schools, new research has found. A sociologist at Ohio State

University found that, over a full year, math and reading test scores improved about the same amount for

children in year-round schools as they did for students whose schools followed a traditional nine-month

calendar (Hippel 1). Again students are not improving over this because students need to benefit from

something and having more days of school is just a waste of time. On the other hand, not all students will

benefit off of it but the advanced students will. Advanced meaning over succeeding students and the kids that

are above average. A 2015 study indicates that more advanced students were more likely to benefit from

additional days in school than their peers who struggled academically (Zubrzycki 24). Even though the
struggling students would fail, the more advanced students would be befitting of this with learning more to

have a better life. Which could have mixed opinions from parents. This is just not fair because of students that

do not benefit off of this, A 2015 study indicates that more advanced students were more likely to benefit

from additional days in school than their peers who struggled academically (Zubrzycki 24). This is not fair to

the other students that are failing their classes to not have time to just think about what they could do to

increase their knowledge. They are being forced into this which could keep on making them fail and it would

look bad for their college records, We found that students in year-round schools learn more during the

summer, when others are on vacation, but they seem to learn less than other children during the rest of the

year, said Paul von Hippel, author of the study and research statistician in sociology at Ohio State (Hippel

3). Based on this quote children learn more in year-round schooling but the children on vacation they seem to

learn less for the rest of the year. Students do not benefit in any academic way from this they actually get hurt

from it mentally.

Lastly, students need time to relax and rest their brains from such a long time of learning and

processing information throughout tests and quizzes. Taking away summer vacations and putting in

year-round schooling would do this and take away from their relaxation time and free time. Many students

wouldn't want to go to school year-round and would get tired of it, which would result in many drop outs.

Having a summer vacation gives students motivation throughout the school year (Sines 2). Students need

time to relax their minds or after a while they could eventually go insane, Overall, the social growth of

students is thought to not change much since they are still in session the same number of days each year and

have shorter gaps in time apart from peers ( Zubrzycki 7). The benefits are minimal and there is no point of

this because a student is getting no beneficial value out of doing this so why do it. A con could happen that

students will have a high chance of forgetting the knowledge they learned in the previous year, Theres

nothing wrong with having funyou deserve it, after allbut months without learning lead to what is called the

summer slide: the loss of academic knowledge over summer break (Scullard 3). One downside to this
would be that students would start to forget all of their knowledge about previous work that was done. If they

have year-round school they would always be sharp. Despite this, the students would be having a nervous

breakdown during the years of the children growing up and that would not be healthy always in front of books

and no play time,Students work hard throughout the eight months that they attend now, so they deserve a

break and time to relax (Sines 4). This is right and should be a law because students deserve this time for

working so hard for their grades and they need a break to relax, Some students work over the summer to save

up money for college, so with school being year-round, they wouldn't get that opportunity (Sines 5). Not just

younger students, students in high school and college need these breaks to have summer jobs and to have

experience of how working is. Also having a job in free time could pay off by pay for college. The relaxing

time is important to rest the student's brain and to focus on other hobbies instead of school for a little while.

In conclusion, year-round schooling is nothing but a huge con because it messes with family, does not

really aid students in need, and it gives the students no time to relax. Family is important growing up showing

culture and bringing family together that are not so bonded to one another. It does not help students benefit

academically because it only makes the struggling students more stressed and nervous because it puts more

work in front of them. Taking away their relaxation time and replacing it with school time. Giving them no

time to cool off and think about themselves not school is harsh and is not going to be taken away. Year-round

schooling has only a few benefits and that is for students that are advanced and that enjoy not having free

time, other than that, the idea of year-round schooling has an argument with many people if it is

implemented.
Kimberly Demucha Kalil, The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School
https://www.care.com/c/stories/3283/the-pros-and-cons-of-year-round-school/

Matthew Lynch, The Disadvantages of Year-Round Schools

http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/matthew-lynch-the-disadvantages-of-year-round-schools/

Ken McCleary, Year-round school changes traditional family summer vacation

https://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/06/060611-pamplin-yearroundschool.html

Jaclyn Zubrzycki, Year round schooling explained.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/year-round-schooling/

Paul Von Hippel, YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS DON'T BOOST LEARNING, STUDY FINDS
https://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/yearrnd.htm

Julia Sines, From Our Archives: Year-round school bad idea for students.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/year-round-school-bad-idea-for-students/article_356f1b3a
-baa2-11de-ade3-001cc4c03286.html

Gabrielle Scullard, All day, every day: the pros and cons of year-round schools
http://www.theprospect.net/all-day-every-day-the-pros-and-cons-of-year-round-schools-12111

Matthew Lynch, Year-Round Schooling: How It Affects Students

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2013/11/year-round_schooling_how_it_affects_students.ht
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