Barking Points: Summer Reading Opportunities Available for Students

For many, summer is an opportunity to relax, sit back and enjoy the heat in all of its glory. The three-month reprieve students have from the daily grind of school is named essentially for what it is: a vacation. Through all of the sun, swimming, trips and anything else in between, having a good time does not have to be synonymous with a regression of academic progress.

According to an analysis of summer brain drain on http://thinkstretch.com, “Research has been going on for over 100 years; summer learning loss statistics show students lose two-to-three months of knowledge every summer.”

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