BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Summer break is a time for kids to relax, but it can also come with a hidden cost: learning loss.
Studies show students lose about 30% of what they learned during the school year over summer vacation. That setback can hurt long-term academic success. Baton Rouge parent Angie Malbrough is trying hard to prevent this.
“I make my 5-year-old—I really do make him do math as part of his chore list every day. It’s like 30 minutes either reading or doing math skills,” said Malbrough…