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Year-round schools return to traditional schedule in Sacramento area
- 06-13-2010
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By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
You've heard the debate for years: Year-round school vs. a traditional calendar with that nice long summer vacation built in – which is better for learning? How about for families? When student enrollment was ballooning in the 1990s, switching to year-round was all the rage. It was better for kids, educators said, because they had less time to forget their lessons. And besides, it allowed schools to put large groups of students on multiple scheduling tracks, meaning you could squeeze more students into existing space. That meant building fewer new schools – and spending less money. (more...)
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