The year-round calendar as we know it today was introduced in the 1970s, as school districts looked for a way to deal with rapidly increasing student populations. By scheduling students on ...

Fixing America's Broken School Calendar. We asked education experts how much time they think kids should spend in class. Here's what they had to say. By Hayley Glatter, Emily DeRuy, and Alia Wong.

Misaligned school calendars, he added, is one of the top complaints he hears from parents. Lakeisha Green puts her arms around Paul Fields, 12, and Marley Fields, 16, ...