| Author(s): | McCombs, J., Augustine, C., Schwartz, H., Bodilly, S., McInnis, B., Lichter, D., and Cross, A. |
| Title: | Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning |
| Source: | http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-cent... |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Organization: | The Wallace Foundation |
| Short Description: | To focus attention on the potential of summer learning programs, this monograph reviews the literature on summer learning loss and the effectiveness of summer learning programs, determines key cost drivers of and available funds for summer programs, and gathers information about how such programs operate in district and city contexts, including facilitators and challenges. |
| Annotation: | Summer learning programs have the potential to help children and youth improve their academic and other outcomes. This is especially true for children from low-income families who might not have access to educational resources throughout the summer months and for low-achieving students who need additional time to master academic content. However, summer learning programs are often an afterthought of school districts or not offered at all, especially in restrictive funding environments.
To focus attention on the potential of such programs, this monograph reviews the literature on summer learning loss and the effectiveness of summer learning programs,
determines key cost drivers of and available funds for summer programs, and gathers information about how such programs operate in district and city contexts, including
facilitators and challenges. The findings should be of interest to policymakers and practitioners involved in
improving the performance of and expanding opportunities for low-income and low achieving students, including school district and city leaders, the National Summer
Learning Association, the Council of the Great City Schools, the U.S. Department of Education, funders of summer learning programs, state departments of education,
state legislators, and the education research community. |
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