Program Quality

Product Review: Using Video Games to Support Learning

June 8, 2018/in Program Quality, Stories /by Daren Howard

Game Learning is an educational video game development company that believes fun and education should go hand in hand. They’ve released two games: Roanoke: The Lost Colony and Boston: Road to Revolution, and they have 60 more games under development.

Summer Learning – A Smart Investment for California School Districts

February 13, 2018/in Program Quality, Reports /by Ezra Denney

Throughout California, school district leaders are using their newfound flexibility under LCFF to put summer to work in ways that serve equity goals. Their summer learning programs take many shapes and involve creative partnerships customized to meet local needs and circumstances.

Getting a Head Start on the Common Core

January 20, 2016/in Program Quality, Videos /by WordPress Admin

This 5 minute video illustrates how expanded learning programs, especially Summer Learning Programs, help prepare students for the Common Core State Standards. See how schools are leveraging Summer Learning programs to gain experience with Common Core curriculum and give their students a headstart.

Summer STEM Project Findings 2014

April 1, 2014/in Program Quality, Reports /by Daren Howard

The Summer Science Project supported the availability and quality of summer and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning programs in Oakland, Concord and San Jose, California. The project was led by the Partnership for Children and Youth (PCY) and Techbridge, in collaboration with four project communities, which included Oakland, Mt. Diablo, Franklin-McKinley, and San Jose Unified School Districts.

Summer STEM Project Findings 2013

April 1, 2013/in Program Quality, Reports /by Daren Howard