A general strategy for analyzing the costs of year-round schooling is used to analyze cost patterns of 45-15 schools in a large east coast school system. Based in part on the cost study, the school board decided to phase out year-round education in its trial schools. (Author/DN)

If you have considered the pro's and con's of an extended secondary school year, this article may pique your interest anew. Its question and answer format gets to the heart of the issues involved. (Editor)

Critically reviewing the conclusions of Mossie J. Richmond, Jr. in "Effects of Extended School Year" (Education, 97, 392-8), this article asserts that Richmond's methodology was unsuitable for year-round school cost analysis and that year-round schedules do, in fact, save money. (JC)

One hotly-debated topic related to scheduling is year-round schooling. While still the exception rather than the rule, year-round schooling (also called extended learning) is growing in popularity. According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), 3,180 public schools were operating year-round in 2002-2003. California leads…

Year-round schooling is a form of educational restructuring designed either to increase efficiency by enabling a district to accommodate more pupils without providing new buildings or to modify the school year to improve both academic and nonacademic outcomes. The main forms of year-round schooling include the single-track calendar and multi-track…

Researchers urge adoption of a standardized college calendar and express a few preferences. (Editor)

An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the trimester system and speculations on the current disuse and prospects for revival of the system. (Editor/HS)

Although the Forty-Five-Fifteen extended school year design is a modification of the Nine-Three concept, a school community can receive the same basic results from the implementation of either design. The basic differences are found in the titles of the designs and in the methods of establishing the initial rotating-cycles. (Author/NQ)

Legal and educational issues related to year-round education for handicapped individuals are discussed. It is suggested that the concept of year-round schooling is not inconsistent with the goals of mainstreaming and the need of severely handicapped individuals to have the opportunity to generalize learned skills. (Author)

The procedural history and the implications of the Appeals' Court decision in Armstrong v Kline, in which Pennsylvania was found in violation of federal law by restricting special education services to 180 days, are discussed. (CL)

Pennsylvania's director of special education asserts that P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) is not the proper vehicle for implementing free appropriate human services to all handicapped children and their families. (Author/CL)

A Delaware middle school schedules its summer school near the end of summer, requires students and parents to attend a preliminary meeting, and features strict attendance and behavior requirements. Students' placement depends on reading ability. An evaluation showed that vocabulary, reading, writing, and math scores increased for nearly 70% of…

Evaluation of eligibility for extended school year (ESY) services was made based on informaton contained in school files in a stratified sampling across Pennsylvania. Subjects had been classified as severely and profoundly mentally retarded and were divided into groups based on eligibility for programming in excess of 180 days or ineligibility for…