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Balancing the School Calendar
Perspectives from the Public and Stakeholders
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2009
Summary
Today, educators are looking for ways to utilize classroom time more effectively. Many thoughtful and forward-looking educators have reorganized the school calendar from the traditional nine-month model to one which is more balanced, and they have experienced the effects of calendar modification in the classroom, school, district, and community. Balancing the School Calendar is a compilation of perspectives and research reports from those who have experienced the urgent necessity of reorganizing time to effectuate better learning situations for students. Chapter authors have implemented, studied, or contemplated school calendar change and the results of the change.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-1-57886-878-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-57886-977-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 01. Summer Vacation of Our Discontent No access
Chapter 02. Restructuring American Education No access
Chapter 03. U.S. Students Need Longer School Year No access
Chapter 04. Poll Says Floridians Willing to Accept Year-round Schools No access
Chapter 05. Balanced Calendar Schools: Combining Structural Change and Transformative Leadership No access
Chapter 06. The Modified Calendar:Benefits for Teachers No access
Chapter 07. Report on School and Community Attitudes to Modified School Calendars No access
Chapter 08. Experiencing School Year-round: An Administrator’s Perspective No access
Chapter 09. Effects of Year-round Education on Performance Indicators No access
Chapter 10. Multitracking in School Calendar Reform No access
Chapter 11. Grounding Calendar Change: A Call for Reimagining Continuous Learning No access
Chapter 12. Beyond Mere Balancing of Calendars: A Comprehensive Time Reform Model No access
Chapter 13. An English Perspective on Calendar Reform: One School’s Innovative Practices No access
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 181 - 184
