Is the "summer slide" real? One education researcher recently questioned that assumption. The idea that students lose ground in their learning when they leave school for the summer break, suggested ...

"It's an opportunity for kids to kind of find their own path to grow." GRANDVILLE, Mich. — There's a pretty easy way to avoid the Summer Slide; get kids reading. Grandville's Central Elementary School ...

It seems inevitable. School ends, summer begins, and kids start their annual ride down the long and slippery summer slide. Interest in summer slide or summer setback is not new. This phenomenon — ...

When the school year ends, teachers are happy to have a break from the drudgery of the school year, but they also want students to avoid the summer slide. The summer slide occurs when children lose ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Heartland is a few weeks into summer vacation 2024, and while that means plenty of time for fun, it also means students are at risk of “summer slide.” According to the ...

Every summer, parents in America read the same warnings: apply sunscreen, drink plenty of fluids- these are the familiar ones. The newest warning is quite interesting. You may have heard of it? "The ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The official start to summer is right around the corner, which means kids will also be out of the classroom pretty soon. While summer is a chance for children to step away from the ...

Can Nonprofit Organizations Afford to Operate Just Three-Quarters of The Year? When formal schooling was first established, the nine-month calendar that most schools operated from supported to the 85 ...

WELL, SIT RIGHT HERE. WHO SAYS LEARNING CAN’T BE FUN? THREE PLUS FIVE, EIGHT, EIGHT ARE VERY GOOD. WHEN YOU CAN GET KIDS TO SMILE ABOUT MATH, THAT’S A WIN. AND HELPING KIDS AVOID THE SUMMER SLIDE IS ...

Last September, a friend from graduate school forwarded me a Brookings Institute article written by David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff. The article begins with a series of disappointing—but ...

Last Tuesday, at an event in New Hampshire, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stated, "There is no reason that K-12 education should be an eight-month enterprise in this country. … We need to adjust the ...