What’s Really Behind Student Fade-Out: Summer or Schools? »
By Vicki Alger | Friday July 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM PDT | 7 Comments
Children get dumber over the summer, says Peter Orszag, vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup Inc. and a former director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama administration. He points to several research studies documenting fade-out among students when they’re away from the classroom during the summer months. But school...
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Tags: Economics, Education, failing schools, Nanny State, OECD, Office of Management and Budget, Personal Liberty, Peter Orszag, Politics, Program for International Student Assessment, Public schools, school choice
