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Good morning everyone. memorial day is not just about barbecues and parades. as we honor this special holiday, were asking how much do we truly know about memorial day. here to test our knowledge is the cofounder and c.e.o. of learn our history. >> good morning, brad. >> thanks for having me. >> were all very nervous about this segment. are we about to embarrass ourselves? >> i think you all are going to get every question right. >> somehow i ended up with two sets of answers. >> before we get i...

Angeles, erica, lets start with you. are we seeing more these days, this sort of bullying that we saw at south hadley high school? and how much of an influence is technology, particularly, social networking, having on all of this? >> good morning. yes, i think we are starting to see more incidents of bullying coming out now. and a lot of it does have to do with social networking because children are now being raised where they dont even communicate with one another. they can have all these kind ...

Weve researched a four-day week for two years, and the studies said that the academic achievement under a four-day week is neutral. neither positive nor negative gain. we have found theres a great increase in staff and student attendance. >> let me stop you there. how did the studies -- i just -- im trying to figure out how the studies say that, if you have an entire day that the children arent learning where normally they would be. how could that be neutral? >> well, because you keep the hours ...