News Tip: Expert Available to Comment on Education Summit, Efforts to Fix Public Schools

Harris Cooper, professor and chairman, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke.

Cooper researches the value of homework, making the most of summer school, the value of after-school programs, and the impact of school calendars and calendar variations -- extended school days and years, year-round schools, full-day kindergarten and summer school -- on students and their families.

• Quote:"Today's typical school calendar and school day are out of sync with the way most American families live and work. This has led to a wide variety of school-like services that have sprung up around the school day and traditional school year, such as after-school programs, summer school and calendar variations. It is time to re-think the way we structure kids' time in school."

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