School’s out. Summer will soon be here. And with it will come the perennial concern that elementary schoolchildren will forget what they learned during the academic year. Parents and teachers have had ...

On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!” The goal? Memorize them all by Thanksgiving and never forget. But reality teaches us otherwise.

For decades, education researchers have warned about “summer slide,” where students forget some of what they learned over the previous school year during summer vacation. A systematic review of 39 ...

As classrooms close until next fall, talk of the dreaded summer slide increases, particularly as students are still struggling to gain ground lost during the pandemic. Students’ academic achievement ...

If you have school-age kids, you may have heard of the “summer slide,” a phenomenon in which students lose some of the learning they achieved in the previous school year over the summer break. The ...

Guest columnist Natisha Bowling is senior vice president of youth development for the YMCA of Greater Cleveland. As summer approaches, parents and educators often hear a familiar warning: summer ...

More than 700 Lake County students who took part in a statewide program aimed at preventing summer learning loss showed double-digit gains in math and reading. Their success mirrored other Summer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new working paper could give educators powerful new motivations to invest in summer programs, which seem to stem the tide of ...

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The summer is a great time for children to play, relax and socialize with friends. It can also be a time when children lose some of what they learned during the school year. Some psychologists and ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. On a recent morning, nearly 100 children clapped, sang, and danced in a large ...

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