Hello, summertime! No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' wait, actually, yes, there may very well be more of each of those. Sorry, kids. A vacation -crushing theory on how to improve student performance is gaining traction: more time in class. Longer days, longer year. Goodbye, summer.
It's a strategy supported by both President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan , and cities and states are experimenting with various approaches. Cincinnati, Ohio, for example, in June started giving students in the city's 13 most persistently failing public schools the option of an extra month (a...
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