Not your typical summer school: Districts expand programs to catch up students after pandemic year
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School districts are revamping summer school programs this summer to combat COVID-19 learning loss. In this MLive file photo, students solve number problems as part of the Camp Fire USA summer program at Kent Hills Elementary School Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (Cory Morse | Mlive.com)
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ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor mom Kristen Bodley said she feels like her 10-year-old son, Jackson – who is bright and normally top of his class in reading, writing and math – hasn’t learned a single thing all year.
Parents hope Ann Arbor can deliver on intent to offer 5 days of in-person school this fall
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Abbott Elementary student Lia Jewell, 8, learns remotely at Peace Neighborhood Center, 1111 N. Maple Rd. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.
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ANN ARBOR, MI - As an associate professor at the University of Michigan with some experience teaching in the hybrid format this year, Sara Soderstrom understands what public school teachers are going through in balancing remote and in-person learning.
Knowing the importance of the in-person experience, though, Soderstrom held off on sending her youngest son to an early kindergarten program this fall, deciding instead to wait a year to enroll him in kindergarten as progress toward teacher vaccinations and reducing community spread of COVID-19 continue.