Kasz216 on 03 March 2010
The other big indicator by the way is culture.
There are two kinds of ways to raise your child... and often times this can create the biggest gaps of all.
The problem is, there is no way to legislate this.
Basically parents who control their kids summer break, by making them read, taking them to museums etc... end up coming back to school with a huge gap between them and students who are left to their own devices by their parents to watch TV etc.
There is no real way to legislate people to have interest in their child's education. Getting rid of school breaks, or reducing it to a month at most might help too.
