Oklahoma ties: Year-round school calendar

Oklahoma ties: Year-round school calendar

 
By BETH J. HARPAZ | Modified: July 14, 2012 at 9:17 pm | Published: July 15, 2012   

NEW YORK — By the time summer’s over, many families can’t wait for school to start.

Working parents have struggled to find camps or baby-sitting, kids are bored and teachers fret over “summer slide” — the academic losses that research shows hits kids from poor families hardest.

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Year-round schooling might seem like the antidote, and in some parts of the country, schools with just a few weeks off are not uncommon.

In Raleigh, N.C., and other parts of Wake County,...
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