Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!ASUACAD!ATGVG From: ATGVG@ASUACAD.BITNET (Gene Glass) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.edpolyan Subject: Paper Archived Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 90 00:18:30 GMT Sender: Professionals and Students Discussing Education Policy Analysis Reply-To: Professionals and Students Discussing Education Policy Analysis Lines: 35 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM.BITNET Gateway A new paper has been archived on EDPOLYAN. Its title is "Policy Considerations in Conversion to Year-round Schools" and its first author is Amelia Kreitzer of Boston College. The paper is about 350 lines long and can be retrieved either by interactive (TELL) message from IBM CMS mainframes or by MAIL item from IBM or VAX main- frames, e.g., TELL LISTSERV AT ASUACAD GET KREITZER FEB1990, or with a mail item addressed to LISTSERV AT ASUACAD with the sole contents being GET KREITZER FEB1990. The paper may be of particular interest now because of the imminent conversion of the Los Angeles Unified School District calendar to a year-round schedule. The Conclusions of the paper follow: CONCLUSIONS "Year-round schools can work. They can accomplish their principal goal of saving money by avoiding construction of new buildings. They do not hinder student achievement, and they can become acceptable to the majority of parents and teachers. However, savings may never be realized and the community may never accept the year-round schedule if --the program is not coordinated with parents' lives and community activities. --the program is limited to one or two schools on an experimental basis but never broadened. --full enrollment is not achieved. --the school can not accommodate greater individualization of the curriculum." _______________________________________________________________________ GENE V GLASS ATGVG AT ASUACAD COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 602-965-2692 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY