It’s called the “summer slide” — the tendency for students, especially those from low-income families who struggle with reading, to lose over the long summer months some of the achievement gains they made during the previous school year. Students lose up to 30% of their school-year learning over the summer,[...]
July 14th is National Summer Learning Day! It’s a time to bring attention to the importance of providing high-quality summer learning experiences to help your children succeed in college, career and life. So what can you, as a parent, do to encourage learning this summer? A lot. Let’s start with[...]