Year-round schools / Adriane Ruggiero, book editor.
Material type: TextSeries: At issueEducationPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008Description: 109 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780737737912 (hardcover); 0737737913 (hardcover); 9780737737929 (pbk.); 0737737921 (pbk.)Subject(s): Year-round schools -- Juvenile literature | Year-round schoolsDDC classification: 371.2/36 LOC classification: LB3034 | .Y427 2008Online resources: Table of contents onlyItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Hard Covered Materials | MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY | LB 3034 .Y427 2008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 22879 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-106) and index.
Revising the current school calendar has many implications / Elena Silva -- Year-round schooling offers benefits over a traditional calendar / Charles Ballinger and Carolyn Kneese -- The traditional school calendar worked in the past and can continue to work in the future / Robin Lockett Carter -- Extended-time schools benefit students / Jennifer Davis -- Extended-time school programs pose problems for parents and students / Philissa Cramer -- Year-round schooling helps struggling students to achieve / Joe Ann Barton -- Summer vacation is no longer necessary / Frederick M. Hess -- Summer break is important to students and families / Joe Matthews -- Schools on a balanced calendar make better use of time / Joan Hamilton ... [et al.] -- Extending the school calendar is often a last recourse for low-performing schools / V. Dion Haynes -- Teachers have greater job satisfaction in year-round schools / Shelly Gismondi-Haser and Ilham Nasser -- Multi-tracking is not for everyone / Glori Chaika.
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