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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and will never vote for Hogan based on his decision to change the school calendar. I know it may seem like a minor issue to many of you, but lengthening the summer vacation is terrible for children.[/quote]

As a teacher, can you explain how one additional week of summer vacation is "terrible" for children?

I'm pretty sure my child's math and english knowledge doesn't have an expiration date, where an 8 week summer vacation is just fine, but a 9 week summer vacation means he's suddenly forgotten everything from the previous year. My child still gets the same number of school days so he should get the same education during the school year, correct?[/quote]

The teacher here. Summer vacation accounts for a two- three month drop in reading and math skills (very well documented). Summer slump accounts for almost all of the achievement gap. Not that one week really matters, but a governor who cares about education would push to shorten the summer vacation and spread out vacations similar to other countries, not elongate the summer. [/quote]

Another teacher here. I completely agree. The long summer break is NOT useful. What we need is a shorter summer and perhaps longer breaks during the school year that would allow for a bit of recovery during the school year. [/quote]

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