English1
Olive English
Mrs. Forys
English IV DC3
11 November 2014
Annotated Bibliography for Outliers
Davis, Jennifer. "Extended-Time Schools Benefit Students."Year-Round Schools.Ed. Adriane Ruggiero. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Promise of Extended-Time Schools for Closing the Achievement Gap: A Speech to the National Association of Year-Round Education." Massachusetts 2020. 2006. 2-15. Opposing Viewpoints in Context.Web. 4 Nov. 2014.
In this speech, Davis argues that it is not only a year round school calendar that will enhance learning, but it is also a longer school day that is needed to improve education. She explains various reasons as to how a longer school day will benefit students, such as more time spent working with teachers, and she gives examples of schools that have already implemented a longer school day. This source proves to be reliable because she not only states facts, but also she follows them up with studies and evidence to back up what she has to say. However, Davis’ argument could be made more effective if in the benefits of learning section, as well as other sections, she used a pool of sources instead of just once student and one teacher as a source. Since my topic is about how the American education system needs improvement, this speech will work well to support my point that more time spent in school will lead to the advancement of education in students, and that it is not only more school days, but longer school days that will help aide the improvement.
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York City: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Print.
Lyttle, LeighAnne. Year-Round Versus Traditional Schools.n.p.: Online Submission, 2011. ERIC. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.
In this article, Lyttle presents the question of how year round schooling compares to traditional schooling. She points out numerous facts about the advantages of having a year round school system, and she uses places like KIPP as examples to prove her point. This source proves to be reliable because not only does Lyttle examine the positive side of year round school, but she also looks at the negative side of it as well. Although, it is possible that in order to more effectively get her point across, Lyttle could have purposely left out statistics of schools who attempted a year round school system, but it failed. Also, Lyttle fails to provide much statistical proof to back up her claims. Since I plan on proving that year round schooling would be beneficiary to the education system, this article works well in helping provide facts and examples to enhance my argument.