Children who have only a month-long summer break from school perform better in math and remember more of their lessons, according to the results of a study obtained by the Globe and Mail.

The pilot study compared the Roberta Bondar Public School in Brampton, Ont., which offers year-round education, with a school where students had the more traditional two-month summer vacation. Both schools had similar student demographics.

The children in the year-round program had higher math scores and remembered significantly more information following the summer holiday. That helped teachers move forward with new lessons instead of having to spend time going over material students would normally forget over a two-month break, the Globe reported.

Both traditional and year-round schools offer a similar number of instruction days, but the latter spreads out vacation days over the school year.

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