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Summer Vacation is Too Long

Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues.

He says that a long summer vacation doesn't make sense in today's world．

Can American students afford to take a summer vacation?

In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall.

They will also be putting their academic futures at risk．

Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn't need an education to get a good job.

But now things have changed.