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Research And Related Articles
- Summer's lease expires early as more kids
- return to school 'Calendar wars' are in full
- swing as students crack their books - still
- dreaming of the pool.
When Jamar Pittman returned to St. Petersburg, Fla., from a trip last week, he discovered he'd already missed three days of class. "They are cutting into my vacation!" exclaims the hulking sophomore as he walks out of St. Petersburg High School into the heavy August heat. MORE!
- Starting School Later Puts More
- Students In Texas Classrooms
- Uniform School Start Date Increases
- Student Attendance by 60 Percent
(San Antonio) -- Sixty percent more Texas public schoolstudents were present on the first day of class this school year versus three years ago, according to data released today by Texans for a Traditional School Year.MORE!
- Year-Round Calendars On The Decline
For the first time in at least 15 years, the overall number of school districts following a year-round school calendar has dropped. The newest statistics on the Web site of the National Association for Year- Round Education (www.nayre.org) shows that 92 fewer school systems are on a year-round schedule -- 559 districts in the current school year versus 651 in 2000-01.MORE
- School Reform Proposals:
- The Research Evidence
- MORE!
- Summary of News Articles:
- Dropped Year Round Calendars
Two year-round schools switched to traditional calendars and the Dixon Unified School District added an extra week to winter break, said Superintendent Wally Holbrook. The board made the calendar changes in June. MORE
- What Others Say About The Year-Round
- School Calendar's Impact On Academics
Charts on the traditional calendar side showed the 1996-1997 ABC's score ranking in each Craven County elementary school. MORE
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