Elon Professor of Economics Katy Rouse wrote the report, along with staff from Wake County Public Schools.
A new report from Elon University’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business on the impact of a multi-track, year-round school calendar in Wake County Public Schools was recently highlighted by WRAL.
The multi-track system splits a school’s student body into four groups that “track in” and “track out” over a 12-month period, with just three groups attending the school on any given school day
According to WRAL, the report, written by Elon Professor of Economics Katy Rouse and staff with Wake County Public Schools, found that “multi-track year round schools may not be providing the academic benefits hope for by some, though many of them still provide that benefit of increasing school capacity by allowing more students to attend them at different times throughout the year via multiple attendance tracks.” Rouse presented the report to the Wake County School Board on Tuesday.