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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 52 min read
Summer school helps, if students show up
Urban charter students made significant gains in reading and math in a summer program that combined instruction and enrichment, reports...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 6, 20232 min read
U.S. kids spend lots of time in school, but much of it is wasted
Rethink summer vacation, writes Rick Hess in an Education Week column. That doesn't mean extend the school year. The much-discussed...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Good news in Tennessee
Tennessee's focus on tutoring and summer school is paying off, report Marta W. Aldrich and Kae Petrin on Chalkbeat. Scores are up for the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Summer school is open, but will students who need it most show up?
This will be the last year of Covid-funded summer school before the pandemic relief money runs out, writes Jo Napolitano on The 74. Some...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20232 min read
It's summer school or else for would-be fourth graders in Tennessee
Thousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 25, 20232 min read
'Covid kids' won't catch up by the end of 12th grade, unless . . .
It's a "terrible truth," writes Margaret Raymond on The 74. "Most of the programs school districts have implemented to address COVID...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20231 min read
Is your honor-roll student at grade level? Maybe not
“87% of Sacramento County parents think their kids do math at grade level,” reads one billboard. “28% of kids actually do." The goal of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20222 min read
Louisiana eyes requiring summer school for struggling readers
Louisiana students not reading at grade level in K-4 would be required to attend summer school -- or repeat a grade -- under a proposal...
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