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is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we our discussion of school calendars as a new American year begins. Some people say the traditional calendar of hundred eighty days no longer meets the needs of society. They point out that students in most other countries are in school more hours a day and days a year. Critics also say a long summer causes students to forget much of what they learned. are under pressure to raise test scores. Some have their calendars to try to improve student performance. They lengthened the school day or added days to the or both. This can be costly if schools need conditioning on hot days and school employees need to paid for the extra time. Local businesses may object a longer school year because students are unable to as long at summer jobs. Some schools have a schedule. The school year is extended over twelve months. of a long vacation, there are many short ones. National Association of Year-Round Education says almost five percent public school students attend year-round schools. It says almost of the states have some public schools that are all year. Some parts of the country had year-round in the nineteenth century, mostly for economic reasons. They it wasted money to use school buildings for only of the year. Year-round programs can also reduce crowding schools. In one version, students attend school for nine and then have three weeks off. The students are groups that are not all in school at the time. Another year-round calendar has all students in school for nine weeks and off for three. This is to provide the continuous learning that can be lost a long break. But year-round schooling has opponents. They it can cause problems for families when they want make summer plans. And they say it interferes with outside school ---- including summer employment. Some experts say really good studies have been done to measure the of school calendars on performance. But some educators think schooling especially helps students from poor families that lack support at home. And that's the VOA Special English Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our reports are online voaspecialenglishcom.. I'm Steve Ember.

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