A Year-round School is a school that runs for 10 months with a cumulative 2 months of break distributed throughout the year, without the usual multiple-month summer vacation. They are most often found in United States. Some people are against it. The longer period of schooling is compensated with more frequent one- and two-week breaks, in addition to the ones found in traditional schools; as a result, the school year in a year-round school usually has a similar number of instructional days as other schools. According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), there were more than 2.3 million students enrolled year long schools during the 2002-2003 school year. The number has steadily grown when it is compared to the 1986-87 school year, in which 360,000 students were enrolled in year-round schools. There are 3,181 public schools that are on a year round schedule, compared to the 408 schools that ran year-round through 1986-1987. Of the 2.3 million students enrolled in year round schools, 60% attend schools in California.
Read more about Year-round School: Early History of Hour-Round Schools (IRS), Types of Year Round Education
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