When it comes to news articles about the impact that summer has on student learning, the news is often bad.
For instance, The Economist proclaimed in 2018: “Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor.”
5 Things Parents Need to Know About ‘Summer Loss’
Some researchers—like me—question if summer loss even occurs
A 2017 report from the Brookings Institute showed that the research on summer learning is actually quite mixed.
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Research is mixed about whether children lose learning during summer break. Vidar Nordli-Mathisen/ Unsplash
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