Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning

Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning
by Jennifer Sloan McCombs et al.
Published on Jun 13, 2011
Length: 118 pages
ISBN-10: 0833052713
ISBN-13: 9780833052711

Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the lessons learned by other programs in terms of developing strategies to maximize program effectiveness and quality, student participation, and strategic partnerships and funding.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1
2 Time Learning Learning Decay and Summer Learning Loss 17
3 Effectiveness of Summer Learning Programs 27
4 Costs of Summer Programming 37
5 Creating and Maintaining Summer Learning Programs Lessons from the Field 57
6 Conclusions and Recommendations 71
Appendix: Approach to Cost Estimates for Summer Learning Programs 77
References 87