Cat in the Hat. Our poll finds 57.1 percent voting yes, and 42.8 percent voting no. He was so amazed to find how much he had forgotten. To give you just one example, a lot of children in Sacramento use Saxon Math. Out of the 140 lessons per year the first 40 or so are review.
Kids have nine weeks on and three weeks off, four times a year.
Those four short vacations work better than the long summer, and at least my son forgot far less. Expect loud whining from parents, teachers, and unions before the change. Within a year they all get it and enjoy it. I believe children forget less with short breaks than they do on a nine-month traditional school, where their next year's teacher has to spend several weeks reviewing what occurred the prior school year. I'm glad my youngest is now in junior high.