The July 22 Time contained a feature story questioning the value of a long summer break in the K-12 years of education, "The Case Against Summer". The article is interesting in its own right, but what I am more interested in is the common reaction to such a suggestion for reform. For me, the article raises a larger set of questions regarding our unwillingness to question or alter the overall model for delivering education in the United States that remains virtually unchanged in decades. Although the piece highlights several exciting initiatives throughout the country that are attempting to improve the problems caused by a long summer break, my instincts tell me that the average person probably would consider a proposal to change the schedule of the school year in a way that alters summer breaks a radical proposal. Why? What is so radical about that? Why are we so reluctant to consider innovation in our education system when we know that it is innovation that made this country great in the first place?