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...first step to changing the system, says Barrett, is to keep the students in school longer...
...Barrett's call for extending the Massachusetts school year from 180 to 220 days not only provoked the attention of educators and politicians in the Commonwealth, but also turned the heads of natioanl leaders...
Newspapers across the Bay State penned editorials and articles on the school year issue that Barrett championed virtually singlehandedly on Beacon Hill...
...issue [of a lengthened school year] will no doubt raise heated debate and that's good," wrote Boston Globe columnist Christine McKenna. "But someone had to bring the argument to the floor, and for that, Barrett deserves a gold star...
...April, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas S. Foley appointed Barrett to a newly-formed National Education commission on Time and Learning. The commission is part of President Bush's educational reform plan, America...