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Parent: Longer school year offers time for innovation

Year-round classes give students time to work on nontraditional school projects and learn other valuable skills, writes parent and reporter Brigid Schulte. She praises the Obama administration's push to extend the school year, writing that the extra activities are valuable to students' future. Washington Post, The (06/07)