Summer versus School II

James Pedersen; David Hornak; Jon Mishra

doi:10.5771/9781475873863

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-7384-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-7386-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 218
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Why Do We Need This Book? No access
  2. What Is the Purpose of the Book? No access
  3. What Do We Hope You Will Learn from This Book? No access
  4. The Authors No access
  5. How Did It Start in Washington? No access
  6. How We Figured Out the Topics Covered in This Book No access
  7. How the Book Is Organized No access
  8. What Is the Goal of the Book? No access
1. The 1600s No access
2. The 1700s No access
3. The 1800s No access
4. The 1900s No access
5. The New Millennium No access
6. 1. Parents No access
  2. Teachers No access
  3. Administrators No access
  4. Students No access
  5. Health Professionals No access
  6. Advocacy Groups No access
7. 1. Costs to the District No access
  2. Facility Limitations No access
  3. Transportation No access
  4. Paying Teachers No access
  5. Sports No access
  6. Disrupting the Status Quo No access
  7. Educational Fads No access
  8. Parents No access
  9. Negative Economic Impact No access
  10. Employment No access
  11. Childcare Issues No access
  12. Data No access
1. A Nation at Risk No access
2. Prisoners of Time No access
3. Tough Choices, Tough Times No access
4. Summer Learning Loss No access
5. COVID and Time No access
6. Later School Start Times No access
7. School Holidays Are Increasing No access
8. How Much Vacation Is Really Needed? No access
1. Traditional School Calendar No access
2. 1. Key Features of a Balanced School Calendar No access
  2. 1. Intersession No access
    2. Continuous Learning No access
    3. Flexibility No access
3. Alternative Calendars—Four Days a Week Schedule No access
4. Extended-Year Calendar No access
5. 1. 45–15 Calendar No access
  2. 60–20 Calendar No access
  3. 90–30 Calendar No access
  4. Orchard Plan No access
  5. Dual-Track Calendar No access
  6. 45-Day Four-Track Design Calendar No access
  7. 60-Day Four-Track Design Calendar No access
  8. Build Your Own Balanced Calendar No access
6. Challenges and Considerations No access
1. Reducing Learning Loss No access
2. Improving Academic Performance No access
3. Addressing Equity Issues No access
4. Aligns Better with Current Lifestyles No access
5. Educator Retention No access
6. Personalized Learning No access
7. Preparation for the Future No access
8. Addressing Learning Gaps No access
9. Promoting Innovation No access
10. Meeting the Needs of a Changing Society No access
11. Flexible Scheduling No access
12. Extended School Day No access
13. Community-Based Learning No access
14. 1. Clear Learning Targets No access
  2. Flexible Pace No access
  3. Multiple Assessment Opportunities No access
  4. Focus on Growth No access
  5. Feedback and Reflection No access
  6. Competency-Based Progression No access
15. Current Challenges and Limitations No access
16. Rethinking the Use of Time No access
17. Accelerated Learning No access
18. Extending the School Day No access
19. Virtual Learning No access
20. Equity and Access Considerations, Including Involving Your Learning Community No access
21. Addressing Unfinished Learning No access
22. Improving Access to Students No access
23. Improving Attendance and Health No access
24. Impacting Teacher Burnout/Morale No access
25. Impacting the Nationwide Substitute Teacher Shortage No access
1. Learning Loss No access
2. Additional Days No access
3. Four-Day School Weeks No access
4. Why Are People Switching? No access
5. Saving Money No access
6. Teacher Retention and Recruitment No access
7. Teacher Morale No access
8. Modeling Four-Day Work Weeks No access
9. What Happens on the Fifth Day? No access
10. Concerns No access
11. Results No access
12. What Does a Typical Four-Day School Look Like No access
13. Balanced Calendars No access
14. Intersessions No access
15. Hybrid Learning No access
16. 1. Alabama No access
  2. Alaska No access
  3. Arizona No access
  4. Arkansas No access
  5. California No access
  6. Colorado No access
  7. Connecticut No access
  8. Delaware No access
  9. Florida No access
  10. Georgia No access
  11. Hawaii No access
  12. Idaho No access
  13. Indiana No access
  14. Illinois No access
  15. Iowa No access
  16. Kansas No access
  17. Kentucky No access
  18. Louisiana No access
  19. Maine No access
  20. Maryland No access
  21. Massachusetts No access
  22. Michigan No access
  23. Minnesota No access
  24. Mississippi No access
  25. Missouri No access
  26. Montana No access
  27. Nebraska No access
  28. Nevada No access
  29. New Hampshire No access
  30. New Jersey No access
  31. New Mexico No access
  32. New York No access
  33. North Carolina No access
  34. North Dakota No access
  35. Ohio No access
  36. Oklahoma No access
  37. Oregon No access
  38. Pennsylvania No access
  39. Rhode Island No access
  40. South Carolina No access
  41. South Dakota No access
  42. Tennessee No access
  43. Texas No access
  44. Utah No access
  45. Vermont No access
  46. Virginia No access
  47. Washington No access
  48. Washington, D.C. No access
  49. West Virginia No access
  50. Wisconsin No access
  51. Wyoming No access
17. Around the World No access
18. note No access
1. 1. 1. Types of School Choice No access
  2. 1. National Council of State Legislatures—Four-Day School Week Overview No access
    2. Effects of Summer Numeracy Interventions among French-Language Students in Ontario No access
    3. A Longitudinal Randomized Trial of a Sustained Content Literacy Intervention from First to Second Grade: Transfer Effects on Students’ Reading Comprehension No access
    4. Effects of Changes to the School Year and Alternative School Calendars: Qualitative Research and an Updated Review of the Evidence No access
    5. Could the Four-Day Week Work? A Scoping Review No access
  3. 1. Study of the Impact of the Four-Day School Week on Academic Achievement and Building Growth No access
    2. Enhancing Summer Learning: The Power of Data-Driven Educational Activities at Camp No access
2. 1. 1. Teacher Perceptions Regarding the Relationship of Modified Year-Round School Calendars with Student Achievement, Student Behavior, and Teacher Efficacy No access
  2. 1. The Effects of Experiential, Service-Learning Summer Learning Programs on Youth Outcomes No access
  3. 1. Identification of Summer School Effects by Comparing the In- and Out-of-School Growth Rates of Struggling Early Readers No access
    2. Good Continuous Calendar and Academic Growth: A Study of the Impact of Continuous Calendar Schools on Academic Growth of Low-Socioeconomic-Status Students No access
    3. Impact of Summer Recess on Mathematics Learning Retention No access
  4. 1. Missouri School Superintendent Perceptions of Year-Round School Calendars No access
    2. Knowledge Decay between Semesters No access
    3. Views of Teachers on the Benefits of After-School Programs and Summer Programs in Terms of Social-Emotional Learning No access
  5. 1. Investigation of Summer Learning Loss in the UK—Implications for Holiday Club Provision (Shinwell, 2017) No access
    2. Effects of a Summer Mathematics Intervention for Low-Income Children No access
    3. A Summer of Distinction: Exploring the Construction of Educational Advantage Outside the Academic Year No access
    4. Goodbye to Summer Vacation? The Effects of Summer Enrollment on College and Employment Outcomes No access
    5. Can Schools Enable Parents to Prevent Summer Learning Loss? A Text-Messaging Field Experiment to Promote Literacy Skills No access
    6. A Case Study of Elementary School Parents as Agents for Summer Reading Gain: Fostering a Summer Leap and Holding Steady No access
    7. Summer Learning Loss: What Is It, and What Can We Do About It? No access
  6. 1. A Comparative Study of the Academic Performance of Schools on Year-Round and Traditional Calendars No access
    2. Year-Round Education and Student Learning: A Case Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions No access
    3. Preventing Summer Learning Loss: Results of a Summer Literacy Program for Students from Low-SES Homes No access
    4. Effects of a Summer Reading Intervention on Reading Skills for Low-Income Black and Hispanic Students in Elementary School No access
    5. Meta-Analytic Evidence for Year-Round Education’s Effect on Science and Social Studies Achievement No access
    6. The Effects of Summer Break on Engineering Student Success in Calculus No access
    7. Using a Balanced School Year to Improve Student Achievement. A White Paper of the Stark Education Partnership No access
  7. 1. Impact of a Four-Day School Week on Teacher Preparation No access
    2. The Impact of Continuous Learning Calendars on Student Learning No access
    3. How Do Summer Youth Employment Programs Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes and for Whom? No access
    4. An Intervention Study to Prevent “Summer Reading Loss” in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Area with Second Language Learners No access
    5. Retention of Reading Intervention Effects From Fourth to Fifth Grade for Students With Reading Difficulties No access
    6. Single-Track Year-Round Education for Improving Academic Achievement in U.S. K–12 Schools: Results of a Meta-Analysis No access
    7. Examining the Effectiveness of Year-Round School Calendars on Improving Educational Attainment Outcomes Within the Context of Advancement of Health Equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review No access
    8. Single-Track Year-Round Education for Improving Academic Achievement in U.S. K–12 Schools: Results of a Meta-Analysis Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, Michigan State University Research No access
    9. Preventing a Summer Slide in Reading—The Effects of a Summer School No access
    10. The Keeping in Schools Shape Program: How to Maintain Skill Practice over School Breaks No access
  8. 1. Teachers’ Perspectives on Extended Learning Activities during a Balanced Calendar in a Rural Setting by Charlene Lovette Isom, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia No access
    2. The Impact of a Year-Round School Calendar on College and Career Readiness as Measured by the SAT Scores of Urban High School Seniors No access
    3. Academic Impact of Rural Idaho Schools on the Four-Day School Week: A Quantitative Research Study No access
    4. The Impact of Summer Programs on the English Language Scores of Migrant Children No access
    5. Preventing Summer Reading Loss for Students in Poverty: A Comparison of Tutoring and Access to Books No access
    6. Summer Reading Program with Benefits for At-Risk Children: Results from a Freedom School Program No access
    7. School’s Out: The Role of Summers in Understanding Achievement Disparities No access
    8. Four-Day School Week Overview No access
    9. Effects of a Summer Reading Intervention on the Reading Performance of Elementary Grade Students from Low-Income Families No access
    10. Children’s Development of Semantic Verbal Fluency During Summer Vacation versus During Formal Schooling No access
  9. 1. A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Impacts of the Kids Read Now Summer Reading Program No access
    2. Year-Round Education and Student Learning: A Case Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions No access
    3. A Mechanism to Increase Literacy and Math Skills and to Reduce Summer Learning Loss No access
    4. A Comparison of the Four-Day School Week to the Five-Day School Week and Reading Achievement of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders No access
    5. Modernizing the School Calendar to Fit the Needs of the 21st-Century Student No access
    6. How Teachers Feel Missouri School Schedules Affect Teachers Morale: A Qualitative Descriptive Case Study No access
    7. Stakeholder Beliefs, Satisfaction, and Assessments of School Climate after Implementation of a Year-Round Calendar No access
    8. COVID-19 School Closures and Educational Achievement Gaps in Canada: Lessons from Ontario Summer Learning Research No access
    9. Young African American Scholars Make Reading Gains at Literacy-Focused, Culturally Relevant Summer Camp that Combats Summer Reading Loss No access
    10. Extended Calendar Model versus Traditional Calendar Model: A Descriptive Analysis of Student Performance Over Time No access
  10. 1. A Comparison of Academic Achievement for the Four-Day and Five-Day School Week in New Mexico No access
    2. A Qualitative Study Examining the Perceptions of Special Education Team Members Regarding the Impact of the Four-Day School Week on Students Who Receive Special Education Services Data No access
    3. Extended Calendar Model versus Traditional Calendar Model: A Descriptive Analysis of Student Performance over Time No access
    4. The Four-Day School Week as a Path for Principal Attraction: Perceptions of Elementary Principals in Missouri No access
    5. Engaging Native American High School Students in Public Health Career Preparation Through the Indigenous Summer Enhancement Program No access
  11. 1. Reproducing or Reducing Inequality? The Case of Summer Learning Programs No access
    2. The Impact of Summer Programs on Student Mathematics Achievement: A Meta-Analysis No access
    3. School’s Out: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Impact Academic Outcomes No access
    4. Examining the Impact that a Modified School Calendar Had on Teacher Attendance in a Rural Mississippi School District No access
    5. Best Practices to Improve Summer Reading Growth: A Qualitative e-Delphi Study No access
    6. Nonacademic Research No access
3. Note No access
1. Districts Move to Implementation No access
2. 1. Winlock School District—Superintendent, Dr. Garry Cameron No access
3. 1. Union Gap School District—Superintendent, Lisa Gredvig No access
4. 1. Toppenish School District—Superintendent, John Cerna No access
5. 1. Mount Adams School District—Superintendent, Dr. Curt Guaglianone No access
6. 1. Highland School District—Superintendent, Mark Anderson No access
1. Why Switch? No access
2. Challenges and Considerations No access
1. Questions and Answers (OSPI, 2024) No access
2. Answers to the Common Questions about Year-Round Education by NAYRE Executive Director Emeritus, Dr. Charles Ballinger (NAYRE, 2024) No access
3. What About the Other Side of the Issues—The Case Against the Balanced Calendar? No access
1. How Can the Information in the Book be Used for Reform? No access
2. What Is the State of Washington Doing Now? No access
3. Why Is Now the Best Time? No access
References No access Pages 187 - 214
About the Authors No access Pages 215 - 218