Whether Davis and other policy-makers realize it or not, children learn even while they are at home. Just because they are not learning vocabulary and mathematics doesn't mean they aren't learning something valuable that is necessary for their future. Being home with the family gives parents a chance to teach their children home economics, to take their children fishing or to teach them how to ride a bike. Many also blame high crime rates on the summer months. Because kids are not in school, they use their free time to do harmful things.
Studies show, however, that crime happens more in the after-school hours.
So even if summer break was taken away, kids and teens would still commit crimes, just waiting until after school like usual. There are other ways to fix the education program than extending the school year and taking away children's free time. An obvious problem with schools is the shortage of teachers and overcrowding of classrooms. Students don't have the attention that they need to learn. And some men and women who have become teachers just aren't cut out for the job.