Kasz216 on 11 August 2009
Actually what's wrong with the US school system is Summer Vacation believe it or not.
It's why the poor falls behind. I mean look at how well KIPP schools do in the US... there is an education gap between the rich and poor... however studies have shown this comes during the summer breaks.
Where richer and middle class children are encouraged to read, are put in summer camps etc.
While poor children are left to their own devices... often by themselves in single parent households or "regular" households where both parents work.
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/16apr07/16vaca.html
