History-Sode | The School Year

Why does school start in late summer and end in late spring?

And who came up with the idea of school in the first place?

Sources used:

• PBS Learning Media – A History of School in America

• National Park Service – Early Public Education in the United States

• National Geographic Kids – History of Schools Around the World

• Smithsonian Magazine – Why Schools Have Summer Vacation

• UNESCO – Global School Year Calendars