Will longer school year help or hurt U.S. students?

 
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press | Modified: January 13, 2013 at 7:43 pm | Published: January 14, 2013   

Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year.

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But there's a catch: a much shorter summer vacation.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of the longer school year, says American students have fallen behind the world...
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