Does the year round calendar improve education?
01/08/2006 – “Research generally does not show educational benefits to either the traditional or balanced calendar.” – Dr. Rebecca S. Sharber, Director of Schools, Williamson County, Tenn., in her flyer home to parents, early December 2005. This flyer is no longer on the WCS site, but here is a digital image. “There’s no hard data that supports that achievement is increased” by a balanced-calendar. – Jamye Merritt of the Metro Nashville Education Association, Jan. 12, 2006 at a public meeting attended by a CCC member and also quoted by WRAL-TV news. “After 30 years, the evidence is overwhelming: changing school calendars does not change school performance. Some families just like a year-round calendar. It’s a preference, a choice, but it is not an issue of school performance or educational need.” – David Carleton, Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University (cite) The only reasonable conclusion that can be reached from this body of literature is that changing the calendar, per se, is iner
