Across the country, summer programs are adapting and innovating to ensure children and their families can access quality summer learning opportunities and critical supports and services. Organizations and programs may use these key messages, and their accompanying talking points, as a guide when navigating the topic of summer learning in 2020:
- Key Message No. 1 – The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to summer learning
- Key Message No. 2 – High-quality summer learning makes a difference and community leaders must be hyper-creative and hyper-collaborative to meet the needs of our most vulnerable students this season
- Key Message No. 3 – Achievement and opportunity gaps start early and summer offers students a chance to catch up
