From the SUN GAZETTE:
The kids are headed back to school throughout the region this week, school buses churning, pencils sharpened, clean notebooks ready to be filled. The start of school marks a reunion of sorts, with friendships and educational relationships resumed after a three-month hiatus…
What did our young population learn from a summer of adventures and idleness? What knowledge did they gain, what did they retain from the learning that stopped in June and what will they have to relearn this fall?…
Would we be better off with year-round schooling and staggered breaks throughout the calendar year rather than the extended summer vacations?…
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