Also known as Year-Round Education (YRE), it may be more accurate to call the plan an extended school calendar. Most other countries have a longer school year than we do in the U.S. It has become more common in this country as school districts search for ways to make better use of facilities that are empty for the summer months. Read more…
Wellness
children, Education, school
God has an uncanny way of sending me to the hinterlands of geopolitical significance in moments of conflict. When the World Trade Center and Pentagon were hit I was in Eugene, Oregon. By the time the U.S. bombing and ground campaign got underway in early October in Afghanistan, I had safely settled in Limerick, Ireland, next to the thoroughly benign Shannon River. Naturally, as a student of conflict, this was at first a bit disgruntling.
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Education, international, Ireland, student