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Year-Round Education And Its Effect On Student Achievement: A Study Based On William Marvin Bass Elementary School And Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Amy Landsman
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Many years ago, discussions involving moving from a traditional agrarian calendar to a year-round educational system began to take place. Since then the idea of a year-round calendar has become more popular, and some schools have converted to a type of the year-round schedule. This paper examines the differences between the two calendars and the various types of year-round schedules. The transition from one calendar to another requires the consideration of many factors, with the educational pros and cons needing special attention. William Marvin Bass Elementary School in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Danville, Virginia, have both converted …