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Balancing the School Calendar

Perspectives from the Public and Stakeholders

Carolyn Kneese (Anthology Editor) , Charles Ballinger (Anthology Editor) , Frederick M. Hess (Contributor) , Lloyd H. Elliott (Contributor) , William L. Bainbridge (Contributor) , Michael Fisher (Contributor) ,
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Balancing the School Calendar

Perspectives from the Public and Stakeholders

Carolyn Kneese (Anthology Editor) , Charles Ballinger (Anthology Editor) , Frederick M. Hess (Contributor) , Lloyd H. Elliott (Contributor) , William L. Bainbridge (Contributor) , Michael Fisher (Contributor) ,
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Today, educators are looking for ways to utilize classroom time more effectively. Many thoughtful and forward-looking educators have reorganized the school calendar from the traditional nine-month model to one which is more balanced, and they have experienced the effects of calendar modification in the classroom, school, district, and community.

Balancing the School Calendar is a compilation of perspectives and research reports from those who have experienced the urgent necessity of reorganizing time to effectuate better learning situations for students. Chapter authors have implemented, studied, or contemplated school calendar change and the results of the change.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Excerpts from the Media and Public Perceptions
Chapter 3 Summer Vacation of Our Discontent
Chapter 4 Restructuring American Experiment
Chapter 5 U.S. Students Need Longer School Year
Chapter 6 Poll Says Floridians Willing to Accept Year-Round Schools
Part 7 Perspectives from Stakeholders
Chapter 8 Balanced Calendar Schools: A Case for Combining Structural Change and Transformative Leadership
Chapter 9 The Modified Calendar: Benefits for Teachers
Chapter 10 Report on School and Community Attitudes to Modified School Calendars
Chapter 11 Experiencing School Year-Round: An Administrator's Perspective
Part 12 Reports of the Practice and the Various Models (Practitioner Experiences in Single-Track, Multi-Track, All-Year Learning, Extended-Year, and the Five-Term Models)
Chapter 13 Effects of Year-Round Education Upon Performance Indicators
Chapter 14 Multi-Tracking in School Calendar Reform
Chapter 15 Grounding Calendar Change: A Call for Re-Imagining Continuous Learning
Chapter 16 Beyond Mere Balancing of the Calendar: A Comprehensive Time Reform Model
Chapter 17 An English Perspective on Calendar Reform through an Examination of School's Innovatory Practices

Product details

Published Jan 16 2009
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781578868780
Imprint R&L Education
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

CK
Anthology Editor

Carolyn Kneese

CB
Anthology Editor

Charles Ballinger

FH
Contributor

Frederick M. Hess

LE
Contributor

Lloyd H. Elliott

WB
Contributor

William L. Bainbridge

MF
Contributor

Michael Fisher

KB
Contributor

Keither G. Baker

SE
Contributor

Stephen L. Evans

DC
Contributor

Dominic M. Calabro

CS
Contributor

Carolyn M. Shields

SO
Contributor

Steven Lynn Oberg

SH
Contributor

Shelly Gismondi Haser

HC
Contributor

Harris Cooper

JV
Contributor

Jeffrey C. Valentine

KC
Contributor

Kelly Charlton

AM
Contributor

April Melson

DR
Contributor

Douglas Roby

AG
Contributor

Ann Grooms

SP
Contributor

Sam Pepper

DG
Contributor

Don Glines

JJ
Contributor

John Hodge Jones

TK
Contributor

Trevor Kerry

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