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Kids reap benefits of long school year

June 10, 2009/

Pallante calls the 11-month school year a "blessing for these urban school kids and their parents. We have kids from broken homes, drugs, parents incarcerated. We have everything."

More time is necessary for academic improvement, he says.

By Jessica Durando, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-06-09-charter-schools-longer_N.htm

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