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Exclusive: Summer Program Boosts Learning for Tens of Thousands of Charter Kids

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When Reneta Johnson, head of a small charter network here, asked students how they wanted to spend this ...
Forbes

Investing In Summer Learning: A Smart Strategy For Student Success And Economic Growth

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. Summer slides have their place alongside the swimming pool, ...
Education Week

4 Ways to Make Summer and After-School Learning Effective

In Boston this summer, 250 organizations are collaborating to provide 25,000 young people with up to five weeks of summer learning across the city. The school district, city government, and nonprofits ...
The Conversation

Schools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies

When it comes to summer learning, the benefits are well documented. Students who consistently attend well-planned, high-quality programs achieve higher scores on math and language arts testing. They ...
The Hechinger Report

Schools are embracing summer learning — just as the money dries up

Guarionex Sanchez, left, and two other middle-schoolers saute chicken for an alfredo recipe they're making in a summer learning program in Lynn, Massachusetts. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger ...
The Journal Gazette

Summer learning program returns to Allen County with record of success

Nearly 1,000 Allen County students are participating in Summer Learning Labs, a summer school model with a track record of ...
Oregonian

Opinion: Legislature should invest in kids by passing summer learning bill

Craig Hawkins, Emielle Nischik, Reed Scott-Schwalbach and Sarah Wofford Hawkins is executive director of Coalition of Oregon School Administrators. Nischik is acting executive director of Oregon ...