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NSLA provides support and training for communities and programs nationwide, tracks the progress of policy changes and government funding, and continues to identify key partners and opportunities to expand the summer learning movement.

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Summer slide accounts for 2/3 of the achievement gap by 9th grade.

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Summer slide accounts for 2/3 of the achievement gap by 9th grade.

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Summer reading programs are most effective for low SES children.

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The suggestions in this article are all family-dependent.  What are some research based strategies that aren't dependent on family involvement?

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The suggestions in this article are all family-dependent.  What are some research based strategies that aren't dependent on family involvement?

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 Summer learning loss as one of the three major obstacles to reading proficiency at the end of 3rd grade

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 Summer learning loss as one of the three major obstacles to reading proficiency at the end of 3rd grade

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Emphasis on building oral language (ie: through rhyming games, etc.)

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Emphasis on building oral language (ie: through rhyming games, etc.)

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Utilizing programs that provide lower income students with the  experiences of their middle class peers can help mitigate their summer slide by exposing them to opportunities they may not have otherwise had.

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Utilizing programs that provide lower income students with the  experiences of their middle class peers can help mitigate their summer slide by exposing them to opportunities they may not have otherwise had.

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1. What is the state of research on summer reading programs?
2. Are summer reading programs effective?
3. What are the best practices of summer reading programs?

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Technology actually makes the achievement gap worse

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Technology actually makes the achievement gap worse

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We found that low-income

children tend to choose less challenging material and

read less than their middle-income counterparts. In fact, for

every one line of print read by low-income children, middleincome

children read three.

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summer learning programs that work with private/public partnerships to implement high-quality academic enrichment programs proven to mitigate, and in some cases reverse, the summer slide. 

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summer learning programs that work with private/public partnerships to implement high-quality academic enrichment programs proven to mitigate, and in some cases reverse, the summer slide. 

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How low income students can lose a year level of reading every three years from lack of summer reading

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How low income students can lose a year level of reading every three years from lack of summer reading

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What kind of things are "different forms of learning from what they have during the school year"

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What kind of things are "different forms of learning from what they have during the school year"

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Many research studies suggest small learning communities or access to teachers over the summer

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Many research studies suggest small learning communities or access to teachers over the summer

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project based learning would have more of an impact than just skill review

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project based learning would have more of an impact than just skill review

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Most students lose two months of mathematical skills every summer, and low-income children typically lose another two to three months in reading.

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Most students lose two months of mathematical skills every summer, and low-income children typically lose another two to three months in reading.

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The achievement gap between children from high- and low-income families is roughly thirty to forty percent larger among children born in 2001 than among those born twenty-five years earlier.

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The achievement gap between children from high- and low-income families is roughly thirty to forty percent larger among children born in 2001 than among those born twenty-five years earlier.

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Summer learning loss during elementary school accounts for two-thirds of the achievement gap in reading between low-income children and their middle-income peers by ninth grade.

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Summer learning loss during elementary school accounts for two-thirds of the achievement gap in reading between low-income children and their middle-income peers by ninth grade.

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Brooklyn Friends program: Parental involvement  encouraged by an opening luncheon (required) and a closing ceremony to support their child's involvement throughout.  ENCOURAGES BUY-IN and COMMITMENT to seeing their children through.  

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Brooklyn Friends program: Parental involvement  encouraged by an opening luncheon (required) and a closing ceremony to support their child's involvement throughout.  ENCOURAGES BUY-IN and COMMITMENT to seeing their children through.  

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9 in 10 teachers spend at least three weeks re-teaching lessons at the start of the school year.

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9 in 10 teachers spend at least three weeks re-teaching lessons at the start of the school year.