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Research backs up Leo’s comments; generally, students learn better on a year-round schedule, especially those from low-income families who statistically struggle more in school than their more wealthy peers.

I wanted to make the title of this article “Nine Things Teachers Need if We Don’t Want a Dystopian Future in Which America’s Children Are a Pack of Raging, Illiterate Wildlings,” but my editor said it was too long.

Most importantly, we are helping students build 21st-century skills and increase their confidence with STEM.

It shows that many, many more students from modest backgrounds should be attending universities from which they’re likely to graduate — and that getting them to enroll isn’t very difficult. It is a matter of encouraging them to do so and making sure the financial aid remains available.

U.S. business leaders cannot find the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive.

“STEM is key to driving girls into non-traditional industries, but adding entrepreneurship will be the key to making them leaders in those careers — not doers led by men,” the study said.