Summer break: Neuroscientist calls for changes to school schedules [Video]

It’s a time beloved by worn-out students, teachers, and Alice Cooper, alike.

After a year of reading, writing, and arithmetic, two months of summer vacation can seem just what the doctor ordered.

That’s not the case for Sarah Baldeo, a neuroscientist and TED speaker, who believes summer break should be shortened.

Before you grab your pitchforks, kids, hear her out.

According to Baldeo, developing brains that take that amount of time off do a bit of housekeeping, getting rid of neural synapses they are not using.

“So you’re actually losing brain cells over time,” Baldeo explained in an interview on CTV Morning Live Winnipeg.

The province said thanks to a $400,000 investment in five programs, students in grades one to 12 have received extra support to improve their learning skills over the summer. (File Image)

It makes sense intuitively, she said, considering it generally takes kids about eight weeks after going back to school to return to neural learning …