Barnes+Betsy

students, especially lower SES students, experience? ||= YR schools are especially beneficial to students with disabilities and low income families. || test scores? ||= Some traditional calendar schools have altered their calendars to incorrporate different aspects of the YR calendars. || ~ How do teachers and/or administrators feel about year-round schooling?
 * KWL Assignment**
 * My Research Paper Topic: Year-round schooling**
 * = **__What I KNOW__** ||= __**What I WANT to Know**__ ||= **__What I LEARNED__** ||
 * = There are only a few year-round schools in the U.S. ||= What countries have had success with a year-round program? ||= YR schools can be split into three different calendars. ||
 * = Year-round schooling is common across Europe. ||= Who attends these schools? ||= The number of YR schools in the U.S. has increased dramatically in the last twenty years. ||
 * =  ||= Are there financial differences between traditional and year-round schools? ||= YR schools can increase academic acheivement, reduce overcrowding, and save the school system money. ||
 * =  ||= How does year-round schooling affect the lag during summer that most
 * =  ||= Has year-round schooling been shown to increase student grades and

What effect (if any) will year round schooling have on children with special needs. Will it be beneficial or detrimental? Considering the number of budget cuts that have been made how would this be funded?

__Purpose Statement:__ The purpose of my paper is to determine and discuss the differences between year-round and traditional schooling. __Thesis Statement:__ Students who attend year-round schools are more prepared for college than their traditional school counterparts. This is due to the in depth learning experiences in these schools.
 * Purpose and Thesis Statement Assignment**

In your purpose statement, you don't have any of the keywords that the teacher suggested we use: investigate, determine, examine, learn, or consider. Maybe you could say that you want to investigate the differences to determine or learn something.

McMillen, B. J. (2001). A Statewide Evaluation of Academic Achievement in Year-Round Schools. //Journal of Educational Research//, 95(2), 67. This article discusses the research surrounding year-round schooling and student achievement. The author believes that academic achievement is roughly equal between year-round schools and traditional schools. Huebner, T. A. (2010). Year-Round Schooling. //Educational Leadership//, 67(7), 83-84. This article discusses the impact of year-round schooling on lower income students. The author believes that year-round schooling can help students to remember what they had learned previously. (1955, June 18). What's This About School All Summer Long?. //Saturday Evening// //Post//. pp. 10-12. This article is about the possibility of increasing the number of year-round schools in the near future. The article is based on the predictions of Professor G. Max Wingo from the University of Michigan. He believes implementing these schools will be an answer to a lack of extra curricular activities for at risk youth.
 * Annotated Bibliography/Reference List ﻿Note: Article titles only have the first word, a word after a colon and any proper nouns capitalized. You often have all the words capitalized in the article title. **

Wildman, L., Arambula, S., Bryson, D., Bryson, T., Campbell, K., Dominguez, T., & ... Watkins, M. R. (1999). The Effect of Year-Round Schooling on Administrators. //Education//, 119(3), 465. This article discusses year-round schooling from the view point of school administrators. For the most part, the administrators feel that they do not have time between semesters to reflect on the previous terms.

Opheim, C., & Mohajer, K. (1995). Evaluating year-round schools in Texas. //Education//, 116(1), 115. This article evaluates year-round schools in Texas and the effect they have on a multitude of issues. The authors created and explored six hypotheses based on there issues.


 * Paper Outline/Research Paper Draft**

Introduction Thesis statement/purpose Explanation and definition of year-round schooling Explanation and definition of traditional calendar schools Why year-round schools? Gives at risk students somewhere to go on a regular basis Allows teachers to go over material more in depth than in a traditional calendar school Helps to reduce the amount of forgotten material seen in traditional calendar schools (summer lag) Reduces overcrowding Who attends these schools? Public school Usually located in areas with a low SES population How does a year-round school potentially increase academic achievement? Students are more likely to remember the things they are taught since their classes are focused on one subject for a long period of time They have learning opportunities presented to them that traditional schools do not