Education News – Kristin Decarr
“According to a new survey performed by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s, 61% of parents surveyed do not believe that their child loses reading skills over the summer. The same survey found that 90% of parents agree with findings that say children lose some of the skills gained over the school year during the summer months due to “brain drain,” the majority simply do not believe it to be true of their own children…Recent research suggests that children who fall behind academically in the summer months are rarely able to catch up to their classmates and that 75% of students who read poorly in the third grade continue to be poor readers throughout high school. Offering books to children over the summer months is found to be the key to supporting and improving literacy skills while school is not in session.”(more)