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Rolling news, features and opinion about America’s summer school programs, camps, enrichment opportunities and more, with a focus on STEM, equity and learning recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying education disruptions.

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Growing ‘What Works’: Indianapolis Summer Learning Goes Statewide

Patrick O’Donnell

‘Summer Boost’ Shows Promise in Halting COVID Slide

Greg Toppo

Schools Can Close Summer Learning Gaps with These 4 Strategies

Rhea Almeida

Indiana Advocates: Expiring COVID Funds May Derail Summer, Afterschool Learning

Patrick O’Donnell

How States Can Make Summer Learning Programs Meaningful and Open to All Students

Allison Crean Davis

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful from Latest Summer School Study

Greg Toppo

Oregon Schools Struggle to Meet Demand for Summer Learning Without State Funds

Alex Baumhardt

Summer School Priority: Help Students Rebound From Historically Bad Math Scores

Jo Napolitano

This Rural Illinois District Curbed Learning Loss With Help From a Burmese Church

Asher Lehrer-Small

Detroit Schools Got $1.3 Billion in COVID Relief. Why It Might Not Be Enough

Asher Lehrer-Small

Summer Learning Woes: Insurance Issues Block Community Groups From Aiding Effort

Alex Baumhardt

New Data: Was 2022’s Summer Learning ‘Explosion’ Enough To Reverse COVID Losses?

Asher Lehrer-Small

Gifted Summer Programs Skew White & Wealthy. Not Baltimore’s — And It’s Free

Asher Lehrer-Small

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

Kevin Mahnken

North Dakota’s Summer of STEM Is Attacking Learning Loss Head-On

Tim Newcomb

How Summer Camps & Afterschool Programs Can Step Up to Stem Learning Loss

Aaron Dworkin & Tom Rosenberg

Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts

No More Regular Summer School: District Sending Indy K-7 Kids to Learning Labs

Wayne D’Orio

Bloomberg’s $50M Plan to Give NYC Charter Students a ‘Summer Boost’

Asher Lehrer-Small

MIT Students Make STEM Come Alive for Boston Middle Schoolers

Marianna McMurdock

In a Summer of Recovery for Students, Some Programs Face Teacher Shortages

Linda Jacobson

Science Erupts at Lessons Snuck Into Community Park

Patrick O’Donnell

Reimagined Summer School in Tulsa Draws 11K Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

Cardona: Schools Will Need to ‘Work Twice as Hard’ To Lure Some Families Back

Linda Jacobson