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Also, schooling till 6 is a bit much, but an 11 month system would work better. Really the education gap grows largest during summer break, and NOT during school.

The reason is, some kids (Mostly poor) spend all summer in front of a TV. While other kids (mostly rich) are in programs to learn over the summer or go to museums or have summer reading lists.

In general when you have a poor kid with a reading program and a rich kid who doesn't have any summer learning, the poor kid outperforms.