Sentences with phrase «summer learning loss among»

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Over the next five years, Kim will work with a team of researchers including Thomas White, senior research scientist at the University of Virginia Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning; and Jonathan Guryan, associate professor at Institute for Policy Research of Northwestern University, along with Communities In Schools of North Carolina and Durham Public Schools to implement, validate, and scale up an innovative approach to combat summer reading loss among low - income children.

Summer learning loss is among the most pernicious — if least acknowledged — causes of achievement gaps in America's schools, notes David von Drehle in this week's Time Magazine, and lengthening the school year is the answer.

Because summer learning loss is cumulative over time, it leads to increased dropout rates among those students who have fallen behind.

Research documents the importance of using after school hours to build on and enhance what students learn in class, of sustaining school year gains over the summer months, and the huge cost of so - called «summer learning loss» among disadvantaged students when those are not achieved.