Demands and challenges of traditional school calendar transformation

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Demands and Challenges of Traditional School Calendar Transformation The purpose of this paper is to share with our Russian colleagues the current discourse among practitioners and researchers about school calendar in the United State of America. This case study paper will communicate how Jackson Christian School (JCS) and local public schools, the Intermediate School District (ISD), located in Jackson, Michigan, make decisions regarding a common balanced calendar. Scholarly research on school time as adjustable resource is also presented in this study.

School, year-round calendar, balanced calendar

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