Alec at MPP posted an interesting link and comments in this post. MPP Summer Learning Loss Accounts for 2/3 of the Achievement Gap I posted some comments, please review the post and my comments.
Just a note, the Organization posting the research may have some bias. National Summer Learning Association: Research in Brief
I agree that long Summers off are an issue. I see this even in my kids where we prod them with various things during the Summer. Not sure if I agree that it accounts for 2/3's of the gap by it's self though, given all the factors we identified previously. G2A Factor List
Of course, Alec sees this as a big problem and I agree/disagree. The question is what should we do about it, who pays, who goes year round, what about Summer jobs, etc, etc etc. Thoughts?
NYT This is your brain on Summer
JH Paper
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