Year-Round Schooling

Thanks for the reply! Definition Comment: Year-round schooling needs to be narrowed down, a vague definition tends lead off topic and very vague arguments. It also does not mean students are studying 365 days are year. Please be reasonable. Con Contentions: 1) Directly from Pro's google source:http://www.google.com... or http://en.wikipedia.org...: -Prevention of student and teacher burnout -Decrease of teacher and student absences due to shorter instructional cycles -standardized reading test scores increased 19.3% for year-round grade school students[1] and that a greater number of year-round students met state score objectives than those on traditional schedules Basically Con's source contradicts his position. 2) Year round schooling gives more instructional time for teachers to teach students and at least meet state standards. By meeting these standards students are more educated and qualified for his or her job, overall a more educated and advancing society. 3) Countries without year round schooling suffer in ranking and prestige compared to those with year round schooling. Countries such as the U.S lacks year round schooling and is suffering without more instructional time. There are less qualified people for jobs, many do not have a bachelor's degree recommended for many jobs. This in turn demotes society, or at least those without year round schooling. http://www.infoplease.com... 4) From a personal level, none of my teachers actually finishes the state standard textbooks given. As a result over 12 grade levels many students miss this small portion of materials that eventually accumulates into missing months of education just by cutting off for summer break. Missing the bare state standard education leaves an unstable educational foundation for a child thus the state must keep lowering its expectations that eventually devolve society. 5) Education is key for democracy and many countries with strong democracies are year rounded. France, for example, has a year round system and its citizens are much better off than those in the U.S. The French have free healthcare, education, nannies, etc. As for the U.S, so many are ill-informed that they will vote for the opposing party because the party in power doesn't do anything and this occurs again and again in a cycle. As more countries become democratic there are greater demands for year round schooling to maintain democracy. Either way a strong education system is required for a strong democracy. Without it society will not evolve. 5) Year round schooling increases retention rate and more students are engaged in school and less time is spent reprocessing previous materials. More is done and standards are met, thus standards will gradually increase for a more advanced society. Attacking Pro: 1) The year round system accommodates this. Again a year round schooling does not mean attending school 365 days a year. There are brief periods of time where students will be able to develop relationships, hang out, and relieve stress. This also reduces the time needed to reprocess previous materials. It just depends on which multi-tracking system the education system uses, which is why you must specify the definition. Thank you. Sources: http://school.familyeducation.com... http://www.mlive.com...