So, Obama wants a longer school year? Sure he does.

Published September 25, 2010 4:00am ET



So, President Obama now thinks that a longer school year is a good idea? Of course he does, and that’s great. But will anything come of it?

Obama has a history with the good idea of increasing instructional time — a history of saying it’s a good idea and then looking the other way as his political allies make sure it never happens. Allow me to quote myself at length, from when I was promoting The Case Against Barack Obama in 2008:

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