Why students may benefit from year-round schooling

Name: Why students may benefit from year-round schooling
Uploaded: 2014-09-06T22:57:55Z
Duration: P554S
Description: At one school in West Virginia, administrators, teachers and parents swear by a year-round calendar that has the same number of teaching days as any other school, just spread throughout the year. Special Correspondent Alison Stewart explores how changing the school calendar can affect student achievement.

Clip: 09/06/2014 | 9m 14s

At one school in West Virginia, administrators, teachers and parents swear by a year-round calendar that has the same number of teaching days as any other school, just spread throughout the year. Special Correspondent Alison Stewart explores how changing the school calendar can affect student achievement.

Aired: 09/06/14

Rating: NR

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Why students may benefit from year-round schooling

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