Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of students.

Year-Round Education will:

• Highlight the benefits of the modified calendar for teachers
• Explain the transition process through three real-life case studies
• Identify the principals' leadership styles as a transformational facilitator, transformational leader, transactional leader, and authoritarian administrator.

Features include:

• An action plan for schools/districts preparing for the transition
• Ideas for setting up an intersession program
• A comparison of teacher motivation and leadership styles from each case study
• A discussion on university partnerships and community support
• A review of professional work and literature on teacher motivation and year-round education
• An actual intersession brochure with classes listed

Written in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.