In second grade, Zion Graham bounded to school. He loved maths. His favourite book was about a slow turtle who took all day to get dressed.
Then came the pandemic, and months of joyless remote learning. Zion lost confidence in reading. His performance in third grade plummeted.
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Zion, now 8, is spending his summer racing to catch up, back at Hunter Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina. When Zion and his schoolmates arrive by 7.45am each morning, they face a challenge and a deadline. How much can they learn before fourth grade starts, to avoid falling even further behind?
Around the US, children are attending summer school like never before, as the country pushes billions of dollars into education to help children recover from the pandemic. From San Diego to New York City to Miami, hundreds of thousands of children are attending programmes this year, some for the first time. In Guilford County, North Carolina, the school district that includes Greensboro,
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Guilford County Educators Ask State To Approve More Restart Schools by Keri Brown
4:26pm May 14, 2021
Some Guilford County schools will have more instruction days for the new academic year. It’s part of the district’s plan to help struggling students.
The plan applies to what are called Restart schools. Guilford County has sixteen in the district.
The Restart designation gives low-performing schools more flexibility to meet the needs of struggling students. That includes calendar adjustments, how they fund teachers, and class size. Next year, these schools will have four more student days. Teachers will be on contract for an additional five days.