Yes I saw the same thing until the last year. It seemed each summer it took him longer to decompress from school. By the time my inquisitive, love of learning DC returned, it was time to go back to school again.
If they go to a longer school day, I bet the # of HSing families will increase for those w/ bright kids. I read longer school day, year round school, and possible Saturday school was in the new Sec of Education's agenda. One size fits no one.
Can you link to the NYT article? I didn't see when I searched.
