The number of all year-round schools in the United States is 3,181. Yes it seems that the cons are over weighing the pros but it wouldn’t be all that bad for more schools in America to change their schedule to all year-round education. It would be better on the teachers, students, and parents in many ways. The Average dropout rate for year-round schools is only 2%. For non year-round schools the dropout rate is 5%, which is more than all year-round schools.
Homeschooling is the same as public schools except at home. There are many reasons why someone might be homeschooled but usually it 's because parents want their kids to
Year-Round Schooling Summer break is great. We all think so. But when you walk into Algebra 1 your first day back at school and the teacher says, “Pop quiz! Lets see what you know!” And that’s the moment when you realize that you don’t remember anything from the previous year. Year-round schooling is a better system than traditional because it’s better for students learning, it keeps kids involved and engaged, and, as much as this might surprise you, it doesn’t mean less vacation time.
In “The Matthew Effect,” Gladwell explains that in sports, as well as education, children born closer to the cutoff date are more likely to succeed (Gladwell 15). He states that in education, the teachers “are confusing maturity with ability,” so they put the older kids in the higher levels (Gladwell 29). While there is a difference in the level of development between children’s brains at just five years old, that does not prove that the teachers are selecting the students based on their birthdays. For example, I was born on April 17th, almost the end of the school year, but I was chosen for the gifted program from the start. On the other hand, my sister was born on December 7th, giving her a four-month head start, but she didn’t get into gifted until second grade.
Home schooling is legally accepted in all 50 states of the U.S., but each state has its own laws that a family must adhere to. Currently, it is estimated that over one million families school their children at home. Most of these families include a breadwinner and a stay-at-home parent who does most of the teaching, although there are single parent families and dual career families who home school.” according to Teach Target. Personally, I believe that homeschooling isn’t the best option for kids; they rather go to school to help them with their social life, their level of understanding and to help them get inspired by the surroundings. There are a lot of reasons why parents should stop homeschooling their children and send them to public or private schools.
Gatton believes that The point Gatto argument begin to emerge is that students are getting borned in school easily and also are the teachers.He talks about how Then he started to question “Do we really need school”? On page 684.Then he goes on to talk about how school is five days a week and nine months and twelve years. He talks about how students are not really learning they are just inputting information and then outputting it back to the teaches which is not learning. Gatto even goes on to mention a few famous people that did not go through the schooling system such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,Thomas Jefferson.Gatton tells about his experiences with students about how they were bored in school.When he ask the student why they
Compared to how it was before, today there are actually laws that require all children, no matter how poor, to attend school even if they need government aid to do so. This is a monumental change from the 19th century and the early 20th century, where there were no such laws and an overwhelming number of children would miss out on an education due to their financial status. With this knowledge that is bestowed upon them, these children in low-income situations can work ambitiously and flourish by the time they graduate high school. Even if they don’t attend college, a high school diploma can help in finding a stable job, which can allow them to earn more money and move up a social class. A variation of this occurred in The Great Gatsby where Gatsby was taught the ways of business by his mentor Dan Cody, which enabled him to become wealthy later in
First of all, the island offers a totally different education, they start from 8:00 in the morning and could go all the way to 4:30 pm or 6:30pm depending in the grade that they are in. in class it’s a whole different view 99% of the student are paying attention to the teacher that they have in the front but at the same time they receive a free time to refresh their memories and not overwhelmed them with too much studies they receive free time 2 times a day for 15 minutes and a break for lunch of
When small children, around the age of four, finally gain the capacity to retain information, communicate, and form more complex thoughts they are sent away to school eight hours a day, seven days a week for fourteen years. This is a mass expenditure of time and resources, and to ensure that all functioning members of society are properly educated so they may not only be able to assist in the functionality of our day to day wants and needs, but to be able to achieve a position in today’s work force that an individual truly may find something they are find fulfilling. However, we are only required to participate in the process of education up to receiving a GED or a high school diploma. Despite how much time, effort, and money you and your loved ones have invested into acquiring these certifications, for the most part all of the available jobs that you may receive at this level is a low paying job that may include, manual labor, long hours, repetition, or other unpleasant working environments. Don’t waste the first eighteen years of your life by not going the extra mile to further open your possibilities of your future and don’t risk it all by going to a trade school and only focusing on one skill that may or may not work out in the end and that definitely does not provide you with any
Another astonishing fact is that one month of learning is lost every summer on average, especially math which loses around 2.6 months of learning every summer. The amount of work that students put in every school year should be lasting. If there is not a change in the traditional school year, students will continue to fall behind. This is why year-round schooling would be so beneficial. In year-round schooling, there is no time where students get out for more than 30 days.