[Retired Greyhound]

Kids in year round school retain information better than those who take 3 months off, and it doesn’t take as long to get back up to speed the following year.

[SteamShovel]

Kids in year round school retain information better than those who take 3 months off

Anymore, it's two months, not three.....

.....besides, if they are already not learning when they are in school, there is nothing to retain.

I say, do a better job with the time they already have BEFORE expanding the school year.

Cut the PC crap and teach the bread and butter of learning...the three R's so to speak. Spend more time on these and less time on social engineering and the kids will learn in the time they already have in school.

[mysterio]

It’s not worth it. Once they are out of school, they get to work every day of the year for the rest of their lives (assuming their job doesn’t get outsourced.) They should get a summer break to have fun / be creative / relax / make memories.

[wintertime]

Kids in year round school retain information better than those who take 3 months off, and it doesn’t take as long to get back up to speed the following year.
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Please read post #29.

If these were private schools, I would agree with you. As I posted previously my homeschoolers had 2 hours of formal study 5 days a week nearly all year.

However...Year round schooling will **NOT** fix government schools!

Government schools are an object lesson in socialism. Just by attending kids learn to be comfortable with accepting money from their neighbor to pay for something their parents want for free.

Government did not make the IRS, FDR's New Deal, and Obamacare and every other socialist give-away possible. Government schools made it **inevitable**!!

[Will88]

Kids in year round school retain information better than those who take 3 months off, and it doesn’t take as long to get back up to speed the following year.

That is a bogus argument. The same can also be said of adults, and everyone. People retain what they use. Who has retained everything they were exposed to in college, or any level of education? And, people review and refresh when necessary. Not a reason to indoctrinate kids year round with no long breaks.

These nitwits need to study the benefits of time away from school, for the good students. Some of the greatest learning experiences come during free time and travel with parents during vacation.

[Alberta's Child]

I strongly disagree with you.

I think I'm a very successful person (paid my way through college, got my master's degree, passed my professional licensing exams in engineering on the first try, etc.), and I can tell you that I wouldn't be nearly as successful as I am today if it weren't for the way my interest in engineering as a kid were enhanced by my exposure to things outside school during weekends, on summer vacations, etc.