Year-Round School has an academic advantage over traditional school. Year-round schools will have classes for a set number of days or weeks, then will have a gap lasting a few weeks during which they will not attend school for a total of 180 days. “An annual calendar offers the same 180 days as a traditional calendar” (Pros and Cons). Traditional schools will have 180 days of instruction with special breaks in between and a three-month summer break where children will not return to school until the fall. They were first established when America was an agricultural society (Lynch) to ensure that children were at home to help their parents harvest crops (Pros and Cons). Now that society is beginning to emerge from the agricultural era, the number of children who need to stay home to help harvest crops has decreased. This began the formation of a different school system; schools all year round. “Students in year-round schools perform as well or slightly better academically than students in traditional schools” (Huebner). “The first schools that went against traditional education were in urban areas” (Lynch). Schools in urban areas did not have to worry about agriculture, so the idea of ​​year-round schools was considered. “Two districts in San Diego were the first to establish year-round schooling, one in 1971 and the other in 1974. Thirteen others in California followed in their footsteps. Soon four-fifths of all year-round schooling was in the Western states, more than half of it in California. As of 2007, more than 2 million U.S. students attend year-round education in approximately 3,000 schools in 46 states” (Lynch). As the population of large U.S. cities begins to increase, schools also needed a way to prevent congestion. “Schools in fast-growing areas t...... middle of paper ......st HuffingtonPost.com, March 20, 2014. Web. April 2, 2014.Norton, John. “Five schools to switch to year-round calendar: East Side principals hope change will improve test scores.” Pueblo Chief May 20, 2010. Print.Patall, Erika A., Harris Cooper, Ashley Batts Allen. “Extending the School Day or School Year: A Systematic Review of Research (1985-2009).” Review of Educational Research 80. 3(2010):401-436. PrintSchool staff. “The Pros and Cons of Year-Round Schools.” Scholastic Scholastic.com, Web. April 2, 2014 http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/choosing-schools-programs/pros-and-cons-year-round-schoolsScullard, Gabrielle. “All Day, Every Day: The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School.” The Prospect TheProspect.net, December 11, 2013. Web. April 7, 2014. http://www.theprospect.net/all-day-every-day-the-pros-and-cons-of-year-round-schools-12111