Should General Education School Continue Year Around

Should General Education School Continue Year Around? From the early 1900’s through today, America society as a whole has embraced the nine month general education school year. As we progress into the future, we need to look for more efficient ways to educate the general populous. When we initially went to a nine month school year, there were a multitude of reasons. As we look at the reasons why we began to utilize a nine month school schedule, we need to consider both the advantages and disadvantages of transitioning to a year round school model. While we continue to grow and expand as a nation, we need to reevaluate our current school model. From this, we will look at why schools should transition to year round schools, and abandon the†¦show more content†¦The third is that wealthier families in the urban schools would vacation in the summer. The fourth reason is that it would become extremely hot in the summer, classrooms would become unbearably hot due to high temperatures. The fifth reason, it provided time for scho olmasters to train and prep for the next year. The final reason was, Doctors thought that kids would need a break from school or it could be detrimental to them. While each of these six reasons were valid in the 1900’s, they no longer holds the sway that they once did. While reason one was to standardize the schools, this is still a very valid reason a standardize school schedule should be maintained and adjusted to a year around school. Looking back at the second and fifth reasons we transitioned, teachers are now required to attend college, which limits the need for additional educational needs that the old schoolmasters once needed. This also means that teenage girls no longer teach the summer classes, eliminating the academically weaker summer classes that they presented. The third reason, was basically based on privilege of the wealthy, and we should not placate to one class of people, it should be fair across all classes of people. Reason four was very valid until the introduction of Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC). We