California legislators have passed a law that gives priority for federal after-school funding to schools that also have summer programs as a way to promote year-round learning. The bill also sets new quality standards for all out-of-school programs in the state.
The Notebook is part of a citywide effort to build awareness of the problem of summer learning loss and how to combat it.
A new campaign across Philadelphia to ensure that more students read on grade level is emphasizing the importance of early education, parent involvement, and efforts to combat summer slide.
Students from seven middle schools and three community-based centers were at the event with New York City Chancellor Carmen Fariña to celebrate the end of a reading pilot program called SummerSail, which aims to stem the “learning loss” that affects many students from low-income families when school is out.
California’s state universities pilot a summer program that will help some of the thousands of students in the state who are a course or two shy of being eligible for college. Frequently, that one course is Algebra II.
A program in Baltimore focuses on using technology to engage students in learning activities over the summer.
A national summer program that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement helps low-income African-American and Latino students build their literacy skills, understand their history and become leaders in their schools and communities.
A summer program in San Francisco drew students in by offering cold, hard cash, but it wasn’t long before what they were doing and learning overshadowed the stipend. The program offers a mix of academic tutoring and career preparation for 10th- and 11th-grade students who are behind on credits or failing classes.
Instability — multiple homes and multiple schools — is one of the biggest obstacles to academic success for foster children. But some high school students in foster care are benefiting from one constant in their lives: a program each summer offered at a number of universities throughout the country aimed at keeping them on track academically and preparing them for college.
In low-income communities, families face a variety of hurdles in trying to head off learning loss when students are on summer break. Springboard Collaborative is a program that focuses on parents and what a difference they can make with just a little support and guidance.