At this site you will learn about our current research projects and gain a better understanding of some of the issues involved in year-round schooling.

We have been studying various froms of year-round schooling (YRS) for almost ten years. Our studies have taken us to various districts in the United States and Canada as well as to England and New Zealand.

Recently we have found that YRS has the potential to:

1. Improve Student Learning,

2. Enhance Educational Equity, and

3. Achieve Possible Fiscal Savings.

How?

1. The more even rhythm provided by a modified, alternative, or balanced calendar seems to be associated with less burn-out, better attendance, higher levels of motivation, and increased student learning.

2. Offering intersession programming to students most in need of enrichment or remediation seems to help them to stay "caught up" with their more advantaged peers and hence to perfrom better, academically.

3. Instituting a multi-track schedule of overlapping "tracks" of students in school and on vacation at any one time may permit increased building capacity and a decrease of per pupil expenditure across a district.

If you would like to find out how to have your school involved, please let us know.

Please follow the links below to find out about our book Year-Round Schooling: Promises and Pitfalls and our other publications and to learn more about year-round  schooling.