Research shows illness, both physical and mental, is a top reason why students miss school. Research also shows that students who missed more than 18 days of school were two times more likely to fail the required English standardized tests. Eighteen missed days works out to approximately
Read more →What if your child could design their own summer learning program? At Brock’s Academy they can. We combine your child’s interests with skill building summer tutoring or classes. Here are three creative ways parents, children and Brock’s built custom learning solutions. (note: all student names were changed
Read more →At Brock’s Academy our mission is to keep the spirit for learning alive in every child. Parents have used our summer school to rebuild their child’s natural love of learning after a long, sometimes unhappy school year. We employ a Designer Education method, allowing the student to
Read more →The 1987 movie Summer School typifies our view of remedial summer school. Students cooped up in a classroom trying to re-take the credit courses they failed during the school year. Shift to 2015 and actual summer school, while more professional than the movie portrayal, strays very little
Read more →Letting your children spend more time on less structured activities this summer just might help them build a brighter future. A study by the University of Colorado Boulder found that children who spend more time in unstructured activities, such as reading, free-play alone or with friends, and
Read more →Summer slide or summer learning loss occurs when students don’t stay academically active over the summer. On average, students lose two months of grade level equivalency over the summer. A student struggling with reading risks losing the hard earned progress they achieved during the school year to
Read more →One of the buzz words today in education is “executive functioning skills” (EFSkills). With the increased demand on students to achieve higher standards to be ready to compete in a global marketplace it isn’t surprising this word is finding its way into teacher/parent conferences. A Standard List
Read more →The U.S. is currently ranked 14th internationally in education. There is ongoing debate in our nation over eliminating the traditional summer vacation to extend student learning in order to help our children be more competitive in the global economy. When the nine month school year was first
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