When a teacher in New Castle County, Delaware, had to get reading materials to her English learners during lockdown in 2020, she used a brand new funding tool to turn her car into a bookmobile.
"With virtual learning, when students open up their academic menu, how awesome is that now that they have options? I can take it face-to-face, I can take it hybrid, or I can take it virtually."
A new study published in the Review of Education Research points to the influence summer math programs have on countering the effects of learning loss, a product of the pandemic that has more significantly affected low-income pre-K-12 students.
Developing reading comprehension skills in the early grades has been long seen as one of the keys–if not the key–to students' future academic success. What has not been as clear are the best ways to build that capacity.
Many districts have hit a roadblock: They're unsure of how to implement robust language access in a way that's most effective for students and their families.
Will your students have six minutes available in their day over the summer? Research has shown that the difference between proficient and struggling readers is six extra minutes of reading a day.
California is placing a $3 billion bet on the potential power of the community schools model to solve urgent student needs that have been amplified by the pandemic.
"The hurt could last a lifetime," is one education expert's warning about the urgency of bringing students back academically after three challenging years.
