A Brief History of Summer Vacation-- Part 3: A Short Timeline

SUMMER'S HEATED DEBATE:

1837 HORACE MANN becomes Massachusetts' first secretary of education.

1842: SCHOOL TERMS, which include summers, exceed 240 days in some cities. Urban calendars shrink as rural ones increase.

1906: The first official study documents the "SUMMER SETBACK." The long summer break causes a negative effect on learning.

2007 At an average 180 days, the U.S. public school calendar is dwarfed by those in South Korea and Japan where students attend class for 220 and 243 days a year, respectively.

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