By the end of the program, students in grades K through second demonstrated the equivalent of about a third of a year of academic growth. Across all grades, and in both English language arts and math, students who were performing lower at the beginning of the program showed significant growth over the course of the summer.
Now the Haslams hope to build on lessons learned last summer and expand the program in the coming months.
“We launched this program last year to address the ‘summer slide,’ a very real problem each year that was made significantly worse by students being out of school for so long because of COVID-19,” Bill Haslam said in a statement.
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Charles Lampkins was already concerned about his two oldest sons before their Memphis school closed due to the coronavirus pandemic last spring.
Both his fifth-grader, Jermaine, and his fourth grader, Justin, have individualized education programs, or IEPs, plans outlining accommodations for students with disabilities ranging from an ADHD diagnosis and dyslexia to cognitive disabilities.
Jermaine’s reading comprehension wasn’t where Lampkins wanted it. Justin wasn’t reading on level, either.
Normally the kids, who like more than 75% of Shelby County Schools students are African-American, would attend a summer reading program to help them catch up.
But last summer, the programs weren’t held.