Scholastic Education Webinar: 7 Strengths for These Challenging Times – March 25, 2020
Join Scholastic Education for this Free Webinar, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 | 1:00 PM (ET), 12:00 PM (CT), 11:00 AM (MT) & 10:00 AM (PT) School and learning routines are deeply important to children and young adults, and the loss of these routines can be extremely disorienting. We can come together to create vibrant, meaningful […]
ALSC Summer Reading List
Reading can be one of the many fun activities children choose to fill their summer time. Research has shown it is also much more! Children who participate in public library summer reading programs make achievement leaps during the summer and score higher on fall reading achievement tests. This list, provided by the Association for Library […]
Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 2nd ed.
This report updates earlier guidance to school district leaders interested in launching summer learning programs or improving established ones. It offers guidance based on evaluations of five urban school districts conducted between 2011 and 2016. The districts were selected by The Wallace Foundation to take part in the National Summer Learning Project, a multi-year effort […]
Spotlight on Literacy: Kids Read Now Program (2018 Webinar)
Summer Learning at the Library (2017 Webinar)
Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations
Introducing a high-quality summer learning program in a school district requires effort. So does ensuring that the program can last beyond a handful of summers. This report offers ideas on how to achieve that goal.
Summer Learning Literacy Assessments
In this resource, you will learn about the impact of summer learning loss on literacy, summer learning systems and data management, settings for summer literacy instruction and much more.
Libraries at the Center of Summer Learning and Fun
This online toolkit is designed to provide you with the resources, ideas and strategies that can help you continue the expansion of your library’s summer reading program into a more diverse summer learning program.
Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
A groundbreaking study finds high-quality summer learning programs benefit high-attending students in math and reading.
Summer School and Reading Proficiency
Research in Brief – Summer reading has emerged as a key component of state legislation aimed at promoting student literacy. However, legislation has only scratched the surface when it comes to promoting best practices for effective summer reading programming.