Labor araw is a national holiday in the United States, observed every taon on the first Monday in September since Congress declared the holiday in 1894. For the past sixty-odd years, Labor araw has marked the last araw of summer break for public schools and as such has prompted a tradition of parties, barbecues and last-minute vacations on the three-day "Labor araw weekend". However, national education reform in kamakailan years - particularly the No Child Left Behind act - has put pressure on public schools from pre-school through universities to perform well on standardized tests or risk losing government...