Year-round education is not a new idea. It has been around for decades. But as the need to improve education becomes more urgent, this program's popularity has seen an increase. They would have several long breaks throughout the year. One popular schedule is to have six weeks off in the summer, nine weeks in school, three weeks off, nine more weeks of school, three weeks off, nine more weeks of school, etc.
Students actually have very different opinions about it.
Many who have never tried the program say that it sounds awful to them. They don't want to give up a single day of their long summer break. Other students say they like the idea because summer is too long and they start to get bored, and they would rather have more time off to break up the school year. The elementary school kids I talked to who are on the program say they like it very much. If there were periods of, say, nine weeks in school, three weeks off, nine more weeks of school, six weeks off for summer, etc.