https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3 Write the author's name and direct quote and submit en-us 2019-02-12 16:33:45 UTC 2025-09-24 16:24:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330450991 Parents would set relief as well for house had with only one parent or two working parents finding someone to watch children for 10 weeks straight and stressful and expensive but setting a nanny for a week or two or simply taking time off work may be more manageable ]]> 2019-02-12 17:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330450991 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451099 A better solution would be adding to the length of the school year with a summer session that would not only stop kids from backsliding but create an opportunity for them to advance faster and further]]> 2019-02-12 17:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451099 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451121 "We think of early on as a year to year thing. Start school in late spring. Then repeat learning doesn’t work like that our fixation on the calendar is getting in the way"]]> 2019-02-12 17:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451121 biederwk https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451572 Direct quote

]]> 2019-02-12 17:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451572 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451696 Working parents find some one to watch children for 10 weeks truth is stressful and expensive but getting a maid or a nanny for 1 to 2 weeks is a lot less stressful. ]]> 2019-02-12 17:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330451696 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330453038 “Most parents work less then a half for expensive day care or camp.”]]> 2019-02-12 17:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330453038 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330453049 Low income students can expect to lose two months of grade level reading ]]> 2019-02-12 17:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/330453049 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816168 If nothing else has changed since 1910, continuity of the school calendar would make sense. But there is very little that hasn’t changed, and we are hurting children and famand wasting tax dollars every year, when we shut down a school]]> 2019-02-15 16:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816168 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816207 Low income students lose, on average, two months of reading comprehension skills and one month of math skills over the traditional summer vacation, according to a John Hopkins study. Teachers have to devote their presious time to reteaching because of summer learning loss too. ]]> 2019-02-15 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816207 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816269 “Educators could precious times in the classroom and with that time to explore more in-depth material.”]]> 2019-02-15 16:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816269 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816425 For a kid, there is nothing better than summer break.  No pencils, no books, no more teachers with dirty looks; for a kid, an endless summer would be the best thing in the world. Unfortunately for all the giddy children, summertime needs to come to an end. Right now America’s education system is on the ropes, and one of the ways Americans can help fix its education system is to implement year-round education]]> 2019-02-15 16:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816425 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816790 “The program had set a goal of reaching 750 kids this summer , which would be an achievement but is still only a tenth of the school’s district children.”]]> 2019-02-15 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816790 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816832 Matt Some childhood development experts believe that particularly when it comes to ySome childhood development experts believe that particularly when it comes to younger students, time off in the summer months is a vital component of healthy developmentounger students, time off in the summer months is a vital component of healthy development.]]> 2019-02-15 17:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816832 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816945 However, the National Summer Learning Association often cites decades of research that shows that it can take anywhere from 8 to 13 weeks at the beginning of every school year for teachers to get their students back up to speed and ready to learn the new grade’s material.]]> 2019-02-15 17:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331816945 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817430 Some childhood development experts believe that particularly when it comes to younger students, time off in the summer months is a vital component of healthy development.]]> 2019-02-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817430 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817516 Students tend to forget a lot during the summer break, so a shorter time away from school might increase retention rates. It's a more efficient use of school space because otherwise buildings are unoccupied during the summer. Remediation can occur when it is most needed – during the school year. 
Band and other extracurricular programs suffer from problems with scheduling out-of-school practices and competitions. If an entire district does not adopt a year-round calendar, parents could have students at different schools at different schedules. Studies have been inconclusive to its academic benefits.

]]> 2019-02-15 17:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817516 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817703 Summer vactation is useful for Highschool and college students who want to take full time jobs and internships. But changing the school calendar wouldn’t take away those opportunities. ]]> 2019-02-15 17:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817703 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817797 “It’s not a coincidence that childhood obesity increases during the summer months when you would expect there to be more opportunities for exercise”]]> 2019-02-15 17:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331817797 https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331824213 2019-02-15 17:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/biederwk/ygj55e848xz3/wish/331824213