This report is the result of a study to assess the feasibility of rescheduling the school year in the public schools of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada). The study directors limited their investigation to three approaches: the extended summer school, the divided year, and the rotational or cyclic. To assess the feasibility of each approach,…

Lists the standard arguments for and against the extended school year and looks at experimentation with various types of year-round schools. (DE)

The major activities conducted in this project included visitations to school systems with operational year-round programs, study and analysis of the various types of year-round school organizational plans, and identification and analysis of problems inherent in year-round operation of schools. The major objectives of the study were to determine…

This report contains a summary and synthesis of all the information and recommendations contained in six different studies, conducted during 1969-70 in eight Michigan school districts, as to the feasibility of extending the regular school year. Three school districts--Port Huron, Northville, and Utica--selected the four-quarter mandated design for…

The major activities carried out in the study were the researching of available data pertaining to past attempts at extended school year programs; programs now in operation; and current theories, projections, and sociological trends relative to extended school year plans. Each plan was evaluated according to its potential to contribute…

The extended school year is based on the needs to economize, to improve teacher status, to deal with the teacher shortage, to improve and enrich education for all pupils, to achieve pupil acceleration, and to keep youth busy and off the streets during the summer months. In spite of these claimed advantages, experimentation and adoption of extended…

The purpose of this research investigations was to determine whether a student daily schedule and school calendar could be designed to maximize the future utilization of existing facilities in the North Allegheny School District and to determine if the implementation of such designs would be financially feasible as an alternative to new…

This report summarizes the available information on year-round schools. The document narrates a brief history of the year-round school, describes several variant related program types, and presents some of the advantages and disadvantages of such programs. One section of the report offers pro and con views on the subject of the extended school…

In order to determine whether there were compelling reasons for Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) to change its quarter calendar, and which calendar would be most appropriate to the college and most responsive to the problems that made the change seem desirable, previous calendar change studies were reviewed and administrators of…