Summer challenge: the 'brain drain'
Seven-year-old John Smithson V has his arms full of books he's checking out of the Howard County Public Library on Cradlerock Way with his new library card. Not only are kids discouraged from tackling new concepts during lazy summer days of pool time and backyard play, but the long break from school, if not reinforced with learning, erodes knowledge gained from the previous year. The Boston-based Family Education Network says that summer can be a "brain drain."
