Using data from surveys, focus groups and program observations in the summer of 2013, the reports listed below are intended to help education leaders and program providers understand specific strategies to meet time-sensitive priorities around Common Core preparation, students’ social and emotional growth, and teacher and staff development.
How education leaders can use summer programs to stop summer learning loss, and build student and staff capacity to succeed in the new Common Core environment.
How education leaders can use summer programs to provide powerful professional learning opportunities in support of Common Core implementation and student-centered learning goals.
How education leaders can use summer programs to engage students and develop their confidence as capable learners.
In this report, researchers from John Hopkins University examine the impact of summer learning programs on long-term educational achievement.
Drawing on 1,200 interviews with California parents, A Time to Learn, A Time to Grow, looks at the disconnect between the summer activities that parents seek for their children and what they are able to find.
In this report, the RAND Corporation takes a look at the factors endangering after-school program budgets, and the priorities of funding agencies.
Originally published before LCFF, this guide aims to help communities identify potential sources of funding to support summer programs for youth.
This report from the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) looks at the impact of summer learning programs across the country.
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