Spring break or long summer? Some schools are canceling spring break to start summer vacation on June 1.(Debate It!)(Brief article)

Know Your World Extra | March 17, 2006 | Copyright

Spring break is great. Students get to shut their books for a week just as the winter weather thaws out. Then again, long summer vacations are great too. Some schools are canceling spring break so they can start summer vacation a week earlier. Is that a good idea?

Most schools in the country have to be open for 180 days. And recently many schools have decided to start school after Labor Day in September. That pushes the last day of school into the middle of June. And that doesn't make students happy. Teachers aren't very happy about classes in June either. They say ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Beijing cleans up its act for '08.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: ASIA-PACIFIC)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times ; ...In preparation for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing has been working to improve the quality...percent of its gross domestic product. Beijing officials and the Chinese government have...Olympics," Mrs. Turner said. Since 1998, Beijing has invested $12 billion in cleaning...
Beijing-Liverpool Economic Cooperation Promotion Conference organised to attract UK investment in Beijing.
M2 Presswire ; M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 2004-CCPIT Beijing: Beijing-Liverpool Economic Cooperation Promotion Conference organised to attract UK investment in Beijing(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02042004...
Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Minority Interest in Sunstone Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Business Wire ; PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation (Nasdaq...Under the terms of the agreement, Beijing Med-Pharm will assist Sunstone in...transactions contemplated by the agreement, Beijing Med-Pharm will own up to 49 percent...
Beijing bids for Games and for world's respect.(NEWS)(China: A brighter moon)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...Byline: Eric Ringham; Staff Writer Beijing, China -- When visitors arrive here...ended up in Sydney. The sting of Beijing's failure to become last year's Olympic host city is still fresh. Beijing's airport, meanwhile, stands as...
Beijing braces for massive Olympic remake.
News Wire article from: United Press International ; BEIJING, Jan 29, 2004 (United Press International...lunar New Year holiday, the residents of Beijing are bracing themselves for three years...people is a painful process to witness as Beijing's historical legacy gets whittled away...
Beijing Mobile issues penalty circular to SPs for inappropriate business operations.
Newspaper article from: China Business News ; Beijing Mobile issues penalty circular to SPs for...Shanghai. July 4. INTERFAX-CHINA - Beijing Mobile, one of China Mobile's major...inappropriate business operations, including Beijing Yisuode Technology Co., Beijing Huaxing...
CHINA-BEIJING-MICROELECTRONICS.
Newspaper article from: China Business News ; Beijing unveils development plan for its microelectronics...become the "Silicon Plain", officials in Beijing, home of Zhongguancun "China's Silicon...companies for IC cards will be established in Beijing by 2010. Total revenue of Beijing's...
BEIJING'S OLYMPIC TRIUMPH.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ; ...Olympic Committee on Friday awarded the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing. In a secret ballot, the IOC chose Beijing over Toronto; Paris; Istanbul, Turkey; and Osaka, Japan. Beijing prevailed in only the second round of voting by a wide margin...
Beijing 2008 Marketing Plan officially launched.
PR Newswire ; Beijing, September 01 /PRNewswire/ -- - A unique...international companies to drive China's economy Beijing 2008 Marketing Plan was officially launched...business leaders at a grand event held by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the...
Beijing lawyer challenges telecom operator's price monopoly.
Newspaper article from: China Business News ; Beijing lawyer challenges telecom operator's price monopoly Shanghai. May 10. INTERFAX-CHINA - A Beijing-based lawyer is suing China Netcom's Beijing subsidiary for unreasonably high prices for the carrier...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Spring break or long summer? Some schools are ..."