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All posts tagged "summer learning"
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Grants
Disadvantaged Middle School Youth Out-of-School Time Program Support Grants
Subject: Education, Out-of-School Time, Afterschool, Summer Learning | Deadline: Jan. 26, 2018
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayESSA Funds Must Be Used Wisely to Amplify Crucial Summer Learning
Education is not one size fits all. Nor does it stop when the traditional academic year ends. Each student has different needs,...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Youth Employment Programs Should Consider This News for Next Year
I was 15 when I had my first summer job at a snowball stand outside Baltimore. I learned how to use an...
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3.0KNewsInnovative Summer Learning Programs Bubble up, Draw Attention at the State Level
In New Britain, Connecticut, elementary school students can get a passport at the beginning of summer, listing places in the community they...
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1.6KNewsLonger Summer Programs, Consistent Participation Needed for Learning Gap, New Report Advises
Students who regularly attended summer learning programs experienced lasting increases in mathematics and language arts abilities, as well as an increase in...
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1.5KNewsPaletas, Plants and Play: Summer Learning Day Highlights Programs for Kids
About 400 children and parents are expected to drop by Woodard Park in San Antonio Saturday for food, festivities and Mexican popsicles...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayProtecting the Planet: Summer Programs Are a Great Place to Start
Working with youth in summer programs is a great opportunity to teach about protecting the planet. It’s essential that we teach them...
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2.1KNewsService Learning in the Summer: Youth Can Widen Knowledge, Develop New Skills
Last summer Nancy Meza, 21, began an internship with a Chicago advocacy group, the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO).
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News
Communities Take Creative Approaches to Summer Learning
The students gathered at Nellie Muir Elementary School in Woodburn, Oregon, had a lot of questions for Sen. Ron Wyden when he...
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1.4KNewsAward-Winning Program Highlights Effective Practices as Summer Learning Day Celebrated
Young children bound off the bus on summer mornings at Hickory Grove Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C. They’re coming to summer camp...
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1.7KTop Headlines: Archives 2014 & EarlierMore Parents Want Summer Learning Programs for Their Kids, Survey Shows
Demand is rising for summer learning programs, according to figures from the Afterschool Alliance. More than half of nearly 14,000 families surveyed...
