Is the myth of the “summer slide” real? An expert says it is ‘bogus on several different levels’.
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EdTalk by Henrik Hoeg
Is the notion of the ‘summer slide’ a fallacy? Perhaps children should have time to be children
The idea that children will forget what they’ve learned in the last school year over the summer break is a common misconception with serious implications
Henrik Hoeg is the Managing Director of the Jadis Blurton Family Development Center and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in Psychology.