school attendance are two important indicators of year roundeducation success. Because the long summer vacations are alleviated from the calendar,students who fail a class have the opportunity to repeat the class more quickly (Roellke1998). Because the class is quickly recovered, the student will more than likely havehigher grades in the class previously failed.The last advantage is introduction of the year round calendar in statisticallysignificant improvement in time-sensitive aspects of student satisfaction within the set of ahigh school studies. Example Drivers Education. (Winters 1995). End of the year burnout is avoided when the year round calendar is used.Although there are many advantages of year round education, there are somedisadvantages, too. Some of these disadvantages include being in school during the hotmoths. Air conditioning would cost more to for schools to run having to cool the schoolsduring June, July, and August. Students wouldnt ever have the opportunity to hold a fulltime job in the summer months. Some families take vacations during the summer. yearround education would prevent any long vacations during the summer time. In my opinion, year round schooling is a good idea if the school is having problemswith overcrowding. Call me old-fashioned but I like the summer vacations.School uniformsThe next recent trend in education is school uniforms. Every since Clintons Stateof the Union address in 1996, Americas attention has turned to school uniforms. Thereare many advantages and disadvantages concerning school uniforms. School uniforms are a recent idea the are supposed to improve academicperformance, student discipline, and school morale as well as a decrease clothing costs forparents (Caruso 83). Caruso explains that school uniforms are also expected to increasethe attendance among students, reduce distractions in classes, increase studentsself-confidence and esteem, and also reduce crime, violence, and gang ...
