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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, there are so many things wrong with your post, I don't even know where to begin.  Do you have any evidence that the post-Labor day start time is improving the Maryland economy? My impression is that it's simply lining the pockets of a tiny set of businesses who are reliable Hogan donors.  Why are those businesses so much more important than other Maryland businesses that the school calendar is designed around them?    How do you balance any potential benefit to the Maryland economy (for which there is no evidence that I've seen) against the lack of instructional time high school students get relative to their peers across the country who start school in August, yet take the same AP exams in May (and roughly 75% of high school students in MoCo do take at least 1 AP exam?)  Why don't you provide some actual proof that the schedule constraints that Hogan places that you're so passionate about are actually beneficial?[/quote]

Most of the country starts after Labor Day and there is no correlation between start dates and AP test scores. None

Most kids that score a 4/5 do it because they studied on their own. My kids took them. There is more learning at home then in the class. Most teachers haven’t got a clue how to teach a college course. [/quote]
Has anyone studied it and found there's no correlation?  I've never seen a study.  But the Atlantic article posted above noted:
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In Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan’s new directive that schools start after Labor Day—beginning with the forthcoming academic year—was 
intended to be a boost to both the local economy and the environment (by cutting down on use of air-conditioning in schools). But it was 
also met with criticism that it usurped local control over public education.

Silva, who’s conducted extensive research into how schools use learning time, said Maryland’s new policy will make it tougher for many 
districts that don’t have waivers to meet the state’s existing requirement for 180 school days, each with more than six hours of instruction.

“Now it's just going to be crammed into a smaller window with shorter breaks, fewer planning days for teachers, and working parents more 
desperate for summer child care,” said Silva, a Maryland resident. “Parents complain about too much homework and testing but part of this 
is because schools and teachers are pressured into fitting too much into a small box. Broaden the box, spread it out, and there will be more 
space for real learning to happen.” [/quote][/quote]

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