Education Jun 30 School districts intensify summer programs to combat learning lost during the pandemic By Stephanie Sy
Education May 26 Could summer school catch kids up after a disrupted year? Here’s what experts say Schools looking to shore up students’ skills after pandemic-related shutdowns turn to summer school and enrichment programs — but there’s no guarantee kids will attend or that gains will last into fall and beyond. By Jo Napolitano, The Hechinger Report
Education Sep 01 Watch Summer school motivates college dreams for middle school students In St. Paul, Minnesota, students are dancing their way to class -- literally -- in the middle of the summer. This is Breakthrough, an innovative summer program with the sole focus of inspiring low-income, under-resourced middle school students to go… By PBS News Hour
Education Aug 11 Today’s Freedom Schools work to empower homeless children, juvenile offenders Seven small yellow tricycles stand alongside a fence in the playground at Malcolm X Elementary school in Washington D.C., and a group of kids who are clearly too big to ride them climb on, preparing to race. By April Brown