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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The summer slide is known and well researched, right? How could anyone think that there isn't a learning loss associated with schools being closed/severely limited for an extended period of time? I don't understand people arguing that the data isn't real. You may think it's an acceptable trade off for safety in these circumstances, but that doesn't mean it isn't real. [/quote]

The data is real and long. I don't know why people haven't become more in favor of a 12 month calendar.   Maybe a month ish off in the winter and summer  a couple other 1-3 week breaks. It would all even out once daycare providers and camps adjusted.

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I certainly wish what they have in Germany: 6 weeks in the summer, 2 weeks in October, 2 weeks over Christmas, 1 week in February, 3 weeks around Easter. Makes so much more sense and is better for the kids than this antiquated, agricultural child labor focused American summer.[/quote]

Mothers don't work full-time there. So you can have those kinds of incredibly inconvenient-for-working-parents calendars. Speaking of antiquated. [/quote]

What?? You don't know what you're talking about. Mothers in Germany work full-time just as much as here. Mine certainly did when I grew up there in the 70s and 80s, and the women among my friends and family there do today. The schedule is only inconvenient if you assume that camp and daycare providers would never adjust. Which of course they would. [/quote]

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