http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_more_school

WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.

"Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas," the president said earlier this year. "Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom."

The president, who has a sixth-grader and a third-grader, wants schools to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.

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Thoughts?

President Obama just lost my re-election vote.

Crap. Wrong section. Lock, please

While i read this earlier and if i was a kid i would be pretty pissed.....this is completely in the wrong section.

Kids do need to go to school longer. The state of American education is not necessarily one I'd put on a high pedestal. If I had it my way, I'd want our system to reflect the Japanese school system. Of course if I had it my way I'd do away with most forms of public education becuase it doesn't seem to be working that well. Either you do it all the way or you don't do it all but this "half-assed" one we got now isn't getting the job done.

But don't colleges determine their own school schedule?

Haha for under 18 kids. They've got no representation (but also no taxation)