Studies show that students from lower - income families are far less likely to have access to summer learning opportunities, leading to
greater summer learning loss and lower graduation rates.
Not exact matches
And just as
summer brings fairs and vacations and skateboard tricks, it also brings sunburns and mosquitos and skinned knees — and
summer learning loss and its
great propagator,
summer reading
loss.
Students at the
greatest risk for
summer learning loss can lose up to two years of grade - level reading and math ability by the time they reach fifth grade when compared to children from higher - income households.»
These infographics illustrate some of these benefits, including providing
greater equity in afterschool enrichment activities, reducing
summer learning loss, and tax savings and other public benefits from these investments.
Summer is right around the corner, and for many, so is a
great deal of
learning loss.
Edutopia updated a
great post last week on how teachers can help prevent
summer learning loss.
We know that low - income students experience
greater learning loss during the
summer when their more privileged peers are enjoying travel and other enriching activities.
In
summer 2015, intensive literacy instruction was given to more than 400 low - income LEP elementary students who were performing below grade level and at
great risk for
summer learning loss.