NEW YORK — By the time summer's over, many families can't wait for school to start. Working parents have struggled to find camps or babysitting, kids are bored and teachers fret over "summer slide" — the academic losses that research shows hits kids from poor families hardest.
With mixed results, many year-round schools revert to traditional calendar
Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 7:51 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:20 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 12, 2012
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