The summer vacation is way too long, a fact echoed by US President Barrack Obama who believed that the school year needed to be longer because Americans were falling behind in math and science.
132524
School year should be longer
79224
Obama has busy three days ahead
135307
Number of high school students behind in tuition payments triples
10965
Obama promises to double funding for charter schools
163007
Summer camps delayed, canceled
60985
Obama warns of catastrophe in US
26673
Summer to return - for a while
135691
Brain drain must end --
38704
Greater proportion of resources spent on education --
83799
Barack Obama is on a vacation
84463
Middle schools still doomed
122067
President Obama announces goal of recruiting 10,000 STEM teachers over the next two years
5522
Administrators have lost the plot:
71985
Fiscal policy is 'out of control.
162870
President is out of touch with people
32230
Obama faces distractions
14255
Why are longer school days vital?