Here comes the summer

By 2021-06-28T08:34:00

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We think a lot about what students forget over the summer break, but what about teachers?

We think a lot about how summer learning loss applies to students and their subject knowledge, but what about teachers – what do they forget over the summer? Four teachers tell us what they struggle with, how they’ll be using their summers and offer reassuring advice for teachers unsure about their own summer break.

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