What advice articles miss about ‘summer loss’

What do so many articles about a student's summer slide get wrong and what can schools and parents do to help kids during their summer vacation?

June 10th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Students, summer, Summer program, Summer slide, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Summer learning programs can benefit low-income students, study finds

Science Daily - Staff Writer "Elementary school students with high [...]

September 11th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Summer program, Summer slide, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Summer learning loss widens the achievement gap. Here’s how to change that

The Hechinger Report - William Whitaker "Most students celebrate being [...]

August 10th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, summer, Summer program, Summer slide, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Showing girls the way to careers in STEM

The Miami Herald - Christina Veiga "Yoldine Nicoleau stuffed a [...]

July 24th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Florida, Girls, Learning, Miami, News, STEM, Summer program, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 ways to engage students in real coding this summer (hint: it’s not by playing Minecraft)

E-School News - Nick Winter "A coding expert shares how [...]

June 26th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Coding, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, STEM, summer, Summer program, Summer slide, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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25 Activities to Keep Kids’ Brains Active in Summer

Education World - Cara Bafile "As students set out on [...]

June 25th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Game-based Learning, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, summer, Summer program, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Summertime play enhances school year learning

Faribault Daily News - Gloria Olson "Signed the kids up [...]

June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Brain, Brain development, Cognitive Development, Free play, Outdoors, Physical Activity, Playing, summer, Summer program|Tags: Education, School|

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Durango’s multitude of camps can combat ‘summer slide’

The Durango Herald - Ann Butler "As the countdown reaches [...]

May 26th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Learning, summer, Summer program, Summer slide|Tags: Education, School|

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China newest classroom for Sussex Tech students

Delmarva Now - Faith Tarpley "Lauren Thornberg’s summer plans have [...]

May 18th, 2016|Categories: China, Chinese, Cultural Intelligence, Culture, Delaware, Global Workforce, Language, Mandarin, Skills, STEM, Study Abroad, Summer program|Tags: Education, School|

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STEM, education camps reboot youngsters’ creativity

Chron - Andrea Vasquez ""STEM camps serve as a spark [...]

February 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, STEM, Summer camp, Summer program, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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