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		joshbetz 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Reading Rainbow” was created to combat summer rea... It is the only vacation most teachers get, so of course they fight against shortening it

bigfishrunning 6 months ago [–]

The argument wasn't for shortening it, but for distributing it through the year. I have never in my adult life taken 10 consecutive weeks off, and 5 two-week breaks would still be very generous.

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