Fighting ‘summer learning loss’ could close achievement gap
One tactic to shrink achievement gap: tackle 'summer learning loss' (via The Christian Science Monitor)
On a sweltering August day, student Hendrick Estrella sits on a sailboat, dragging his hand through the waves and reveling in the coolness of Boston Harbor. The day before, he had touched – and tasted – a striped bass, gathering details for a book he is writing about fish. He is one of 35 rising…
[Summer school via Shutterstock]
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