Don’t call it summer school: Battling the COVID slide in math, science, reading with summer programs
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
A student works on an electric keyboard during a summer learning program at Tuscaloosa City Schools in 2019. Programs went virtual in 2020, but hope to resume in-person enrichment and academic options this year. Courtesy of Tuscaloosa City Schools.
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, Ed Chat.
Lots of experts say summer learning mixing academics with fun activities is a great way to keep kids on track after a difficult year and help others catch up.
Just don’t call it summer school.
“The acid test of a good summer learning program is if the kids think they’re at camp, but the teachers know they’re at school,” said Jim Wooten, who leads the Alabama-based group called Summer Adventures in Learning, or SAIL, which provides funding for summer learning programs.
Don t call it summer school: Battling the COVID slide in math, science, reading with summer programs
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