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In fact, into the early 20th century, rural schools typically operated summer and winter sessions, with children working on farms in spring and fall to help with planting and harvesting. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , History

Simplified: Rural schools typically operated summer and winter sessions into the early 20th century

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Between roughly 1880 and 1920, urban and rural school calendars converged into more or less the pattern we know today, driven by factors such as pressure from education reformers, the high cost of kee... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , History

Simplified: Urban and rural school calendars converged between 1880 and 1920

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16 states establish windows, either by statute or rule, for when school must start, according to data from the Education Commission of the States and individual state education agencies. 0.950

👤 Education Commission of the States 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Law

Simplified: 16 states establish windows for when school must start by statute or rule

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Minnesota law requires schools to start after Labor Day in most cases, and the vast majority of sampled Minnesota districts will go back after the holiday. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Law

Simplified: Minnesota law requires schools to start after Labor Day in most cases

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And students in the Middle Atlantic states – New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania – go back even later: About three-quarters won’t hit the books until after Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 4 this yea... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar

Simplified: About three-quarters of students in the Middle Atlantic states won’t hit the books until after Labor Day Sept 4

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But in the six New England states, almost no one goes back to school before the week of Aug. 28. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar

Simplified: Almost no one goes back to school before the week of Aug 28 in the six New England states

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In the West South Central division (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas), 94% of students returned to school between Aug. 7 and Aug. 18. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Statistics

Simplified: 94% of students in the West South Central division returned to school between Aug 7 and Aug 18

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More than two-thirds of students in the U.S. Census Bureau’s East South Central division – Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee – went back to school the week of Aug. 7. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Statistics

Simplified: More than two-thirds of students in the East South Central division went back to school the week of Aug 7

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As of the 2017-18 school year, only about 3% of public schools were on any type of year-round schedules, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Teacher and Principal Survey. 0.950

👤 U.S. Department of Education 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Statistics

Simplified: About 3% of public schools were on year-round schedules as of 2017-18 according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Teacher and Principal S...

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For most U.S. K-12 students, the school year runs about 180 days, spread over roughly 10 months with a long summer vacation. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar

Simplified: The school year runs about 180 days over 10 months with a long summer vacation for most U.S. K-12 students

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We collected school start dates for the 2023-24 school year from a nationally representative, stratified random sample of 1,573 districts. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Research

Simplified: School start dates were collected for 2023-24 from a nationally representative sample of 1573 districts

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Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to determine when public schools in the United States start classes. 1.000

👤 Pew Research Center 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar , Research

Simplified: Pew Research Center conducted analysis to determine when U.S. public schools start classes

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About 70% of the 46.7 million public school students in the United States are now back in class, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. 0.950

👤 Pew Research Center 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , Students

Simplified: About 70% of 46.7 million U.S. public school students are back in class according to Pew Research Center analysis

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‘Back to school’ means anytime from late July to after Labor Day, depending on where in the U.S. you live 0.900

👤 Drew DeSilver 📋 Short Reads 🏷️ Education , School Calendar

Simplified: Back to school means late July to after Labor Day depending on location in the U.S.

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About 250 others were taken to Gaza, and 48 remain there, either living or dead. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistical , Politics

Simplified: About 250 people were taken to Gaza 48 remain there either living or dead.

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The Hamas-led attacks of October 2023 killed about 1,200 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to the Israeli government. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistical , Historical

Simplified: October 2023 Hamas-led attacks killed about 1200 people in Israel mostly civilians according to Israeli government.

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More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war, including about 18,000 children and minors, according to Gaza health officials, whose toll does not distinguish between combatants and civili... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistical , Health

Simplified: More than 60000 Palestinians have been killed in the war including about 18000 children according to Gaza health officials.

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On Monday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a leading group of academic experts on the topic, declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza met the legal definition of genocid... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legal , International Relations

Simplified: On Monday International Association of Genocide Scholars declared Israel's policies in Gaza met legal definition of genocide.

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The military plan, expected to displace nearly a million residents of Gaza City, would most likely lead to more Palestinian deaths and destruction, and could endanger the lives of hostages held in the... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Geopolitical

Simplified: Military plan expected to displace nearly a million residents lead to more Palestinian deaths and endanger hostages.

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Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has already drawn severe international criticism, including from some of its closest allies. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Israel's conduct of war in Gaza has drawn severe international criticism.

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