MDR in the News

Looking hot
By Samantha Critchell
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

What's hot in back-to-school fashion is dictated by what kids think is cool.

But about 70 percent of the nation's public school districts open before Sept. 1, so it's still full-blown, sun-shining summertime when students walk out the door. That can make the new hoodies, dark-wash jeans and kilt skirts bought during the back-to-school shopping spree seem downright stifling.

Most kids, from kindergartners to college seniors, go back to school before Labor Day, not after it. According to Market Data Retrieval, a researcher of school data, 10,606 of 14,058 U.S. public school districts opened before Sept. 1 last year. Read more