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Should summer holidays be for learning?
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss concerns about 'summer learning loss'. Studies have shown that children can forget up to two months of prior knowledge over the summer holidays. Does this mean that parents should teach during the summer?
First broadcast on Bringing Up Britain, 27 July 2016.
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