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Life of Learning Series: Why Do We Have Summer Vacation?

Published June 7, 2013 at 5:50 PM EDT

Alice Cooper famously sang, "School's out for summer," but why, exactly, do schools close from June to September? WESA's Life of Learning initiative begins with this report by 90.5 WESA Senior News Editor Mark Nootbaar.

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