McMullen, Steven C.; Rouse, Kathryn E. - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4 (2012) 4, pp. 230-52
In 2007, 22 Wake County, North Carolina traditional calendar schools were switched to year-round calendars, spreading the 180 instructional days evenly across the year. This paper presents a human capital model to illustrate the conditions under which these calendars might affect achievement. We...