More of the same doesn't equal better schooling. Mind you - I think, done well, year round schooling is a good thing, as it could prevent the waste-of-time review that happens every fall. However, I find it annoying, to say the least, when school is viewed by so many parents as free daycare. Children NEED down time, need unstructured play time.
Years ago, I remember hearing about a study in which they took two homogeneous groups of children, tested them, then gave one group an extra hour a day of instruction time. The other group had an extra hour a day of physical activity. Both groups made gains - but the greater gains were in the activity group, NOT the extra instruction time group.
