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Year Round Education
Websites
Research reports on year-round education by the British Columbia Teacher's Federation.
http://www.bctf.bc.ca/education/yrs/
Information from an organization that defeated a year-round school proposal.
http://www.auburn.edu/~enebasa/html/home.pp.html
News and information about the year-round movement. Also presents some alternatives.
http://hometown.aol.com/donohoyrs/index.htm
Bibliography of studies and reports related to year-round schooling.
http://www.educationalresearch.com/pages/projects/yrs/index.html
An annotated bibliography and synthesis of the research as of May 1995.
http://www.bctf.bc.ca/ResearchReports/95ei02/
Reviews of the feasibility of year-round schooling as a cost saving measure.
http://www.pacpub.com/new/news/4-15-99/sbyearround.html
A non-profit organization which advocates improved K-12 education through the implementation of alternative schedules.
http://www.nayre.org/
Over a decade of research documents that year-round school fails to deliver on promises of education and cost-savings benefits.
http://www.SummerMatters.com
A growing number of Chicago public schools are adopting or maintaining a year-round schedule solely for academic reasons.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/02-99/029upd82.htm
Year-round schooling is the solution to many problems, according the President of the National Association of Year-Round Education.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/04-97/047opin.htm
A position paper from the Alberta Teacher's Association discussing the many facets of the year-round school movement.
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/policy/papers.cfm?p_ID=87
A commentary by the American Camping Association stating that year-round learning is not the same as year-round schooling.
http://www.washingtonfamilies.com/campfair/camp_allyear.htm
News and information from an organization against a year round education proposal in the Plainfield (Illinois) Community Consolidated School District 202.
http://www.tsfacts.org/