Are Year-Round Schools Better?
among, I am not sure how some parents do it. The major question right now is, should students be placed in schools systems that run year-round or one that has a summer break. My personal education has been in both America and in Japan. Therefore I have had both year-round and one with a summer break. My year-round schooling was in Japan and my traditional school year system was in America. Personally, I feel as though I liked the summer breaks rather than the year-round program. Year-round is a great concept however I am not sure if students get enough time to be what they are- children. During a meeting in New York City on August 11, 2007, Paul von Hippel, a sociologist at Ohio State University reported to American Sociological Association members that his studies found there was no difference in tests scores among students in the two different school programs. It is no wonder though, both school systems have the exact same amount of school days per year as the other. The only differe
