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Rick Hess: Extending The School Year For Everybody 'A Really Bad Idea'
July 9 was the first day of school for 26,000 students in North Carolina's Wake County Schools on a year-round calendar.
But year-round schools, which were once considered options to improve student performance and reduce classroom overcrowding, have proven to be a mixed bag. Some school districts that have adopted the extended calendars, like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, have turned back to traditional academic calendars.
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