Here’s How Education Investors Can Boost Summer Learning
Summer can be one of the most valuable times for kids to engage in meaningful hands-on learning.
LePage & Jordan: Designing Fun-Filled Summer Learning Programs That Students Will Want to Attend
Students’ needs will look different this summer. Summer programming should, too. A summer filled with fun, as well as learning, can reengage kids and set them up for success in the new school year
Summer Learning to Help Students Most Impacted by the Pandemic
The Department of Education has launched the Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to help states use federal funding to support students most affected by lockdowns
PROOF POINTS: Slim research evidence for summer school
Is summer school the right path to take to correct COVID19 learning loss? The popular policy proposal has in the past been plagued by poor attendance and quality concerns
Study: More than half of US students experience summer learning losses five years in a row
More than half of US students experience summer learning losses five years in a row. These students on average lose nearly 40% of their school year gains
Strategies to mitigate the COVID slide
How can parents and teachers address COVID-related gaps in learning, as well as summer learning loss
Study finds 5 straight years of summer learning loss
A new study has found that more than half of students experienced learning loss every summer between grades 1 and 6. And these students lost an average of 39% of the learning they gained during the school year. Will COVID-19 make it even worse?
An Education Entrepreneur’s Plan To Address Student Behavior During And After Covid-19
The extended summer slide that is occurring during Covid-19 is not only affecting learning development but exacerbating already present emotional challenges in students across the country.
Connected Camps prevent ‘summer slide’ via Minecraft, esports
Can esports and Minecraft help prevent the summer slide?
It’s Not Summer Schools Children Need, It’s Understanding
Fears of a growing educational divide as millions of children now face spending six months out of school have prompted calls for catch-up classes to ‘close the gap’, but children will need more. Like understanding, says writer