Show SCHOOL THE YEAR ROUND the all year schools of newark N J are dom commended mended in a special report by W S daffen baugh specialist in city school administration of the bureau of education department of the interior mr deffenbaugh finds that time is saved street loafing prevented and health is conserved by eliminating the long summer sum mer vacation the children in newark who have attended schooL for the pasti past year or two on the e all school plan speak enthusiastically of it the bureau investigator i asked the pupils in the sov anth and eighth gra grades deg to write compositions ions telling why they attended school during the summer nearly all the pupils stated that the school room was in much uch cooler than the streets and ther their rooms at home that they wera 3 glad to have something something ti do dd besides barkl s running in tha streets and tl eliat fat they hoped to gain a orade grade or two by the time they wore v arc old enough for their N work certificates parents who were interviewed favored the plan be cause their children were un unable to get more schooling than otherwise one parent said j if there were no summer would not know where our children are they would leave home early in the mot nine and run all over the city now we know that they are safe in the schoolhouse and in nol no danger of being run over by automobiles or street cars the attempt p t was made to find out hove hov much time the children actually saved through the all year schools of pupils in the sixth seventh and eighth grades 25 made no gain 67 showed a gain of one third of a year 59 a gain of two thirds of a year 67 a gain of one year and 53 a g gain lin of one nd jid one third y years ears it was found that the pupils in the year schools not only made more rapid progress through the grades but maintained bained as good scholarship as the ithe pupils in other schools many of the pupils were able to enter high school as a result of the time gained in the all adar school ind and these pupils have had no difficulty in keeping up with their work it is expected that many more pupils w will ill now complete the elementary grades at 12 years of age enter high school and attend fa for at least two years once in high school they are likely to remain even after the compulsory ago age limit is passed one criticism that has been d directed against ainsa the newark ill all ye year ar s schools eh aga 0 Is is that the pupils in these schools must do 10 months work in 9 months in order to gain 3 months a bedr and thus complete the 8 grades in 6 years it II should be under stood however that the regular 10 months course has been modified so that a pupil may complete it in 9 months and all non essentials have been omitted furthermore less reviewing is needed in september for the children who have had only 2 weeks vacation than thaia for those who have had bad 2 months vacation irm the month that is usually taken at the beginning of the fall term to review pupils in the work of the preceding grade is not necessary e for pupils who attend continuously or with only short vacations I 1 in regard to the health of the children who are kept in school during the summer months mr deffenbaugh declares the medical inspectors of newark report that the of the children who have attended school all year ii has is not been impaired in the slightest cle degree clearce grce the regular school medical and nurse service ice continues in in the summer so that the health of the children in school is better cared for than that of those not in i n school good health habits acquired during the regular term arc 11 re not broken up by a long summer vacation when the children not in school are beyond the influence of the school physician and the school nurse the physician and nurse both report th that it the children who have been out of school during july and august come back in september in poorer physical condition than those who have attended these 2 months and that even the children who have been away to a summer resort are in no better physical condition than those who have been in school since their e ir recreation is likely to h have ive been of a dissipating nature one school physician stated that if the children could go into the country and live a normal life with plenty of excer exercise cise lie he would favor this to keeping them in school but since conditions are stich that none of the children who 1 I 0 are arc in the teri tenement ement districts can pro go to the country the best place for them for 4 or 5 hours a day is in the school schoolroom ro 0 of on I 1 iad school playgrounds and in the school shops and gymnasia op ams wide interest in the newark plan lias has been aroused in other cities and it is expected that many of the teachers and school officers acers who will attend the meeting of the national Edu education bation association of new boik boik in july will cross into new jersey somehow we dont feel half as to see the newark all year schools in operation |