Summer Learning in 2020 Talking Points
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 […]
National Summer Learning Experts
The National Summer Learning Association is the only national nonprofit exclusively focused on closing the achievement and opportunity gap by increasing access to high-quality summer learning opportunities. NSLA has experts and a network of partners who can identify high-quality local programs to meet the needs of any learner, provide information on summer program practices and […]
2020 Summer Story Starters
OVERVIEW Across the country, summer programs are adapting to ensure students and their families receive quality summer learning opportunities and critical supports and services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of working families will soon tackle the difficult task of finding high-quality, safe and affordable summer childcare and enrichment solutions as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to […]
CARES ACT: COVID-19 Stimulus Funding Guidance For Summer Learning
The National Summer Learning Association is encouraged by the passage of the bipartisan CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. This unprecedented funding provides $2 trillion in emergency stimulus funding to address the immediate financial needs of families, businesses, and the education system amidst the economic fallout from COVID-19. ADVOCATING FOR THE FUNDS ADVOCACY […]
The Summer Times – November 21, 2019
This Thanksgiving, please know that we at the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), see you and appreciate your leadership, hard workand dedication to improving the lives of America’s most vulnerable children.When many of us gathered at our summer learningnational conferencein Atlanta last month and heard the powerful stories of our presenters, attendees andaward-winning programs. NSLA […]
The Summer Times – June 20, 2019
Investing in Successful Summer Learning Programs A new report from the RAND Corporation (commissioned by The Wallace Foundation) explores what characteristics of summer programs meet ESSA evidence standards, and what characteristics of summer programs meet ESSA evidence standards.Researchers identified 43 summer programs that met the top three tiers of ESSA’s evidence standards. Questions examined through […]
Guidance for 2020 Presidential Candidates on the Importance of Summer Programs for Children and Working Families
Every Child. Every Summer. -Guidance for 2020 Presidential Candidates on the Importance of Summer Programs for Children and Working Families Summertime Presents Unique Challenges for Youth and Working Families Summer is the time of greatest inequity for children in America. All gaps – achievement and opportunity – grow in the summertime. During the school year, […]
Summer Learning For All: Cultivate a Diverse Network
There are many factors to consider when one’s goal is to expand access to summer experiences for all kids, from kindergarten to 12th grade. As the Director of Summer Learning at Boston Beyond, I think about this daily. I am always looking for new ways to meet the diverse needs of Boston students, and create opportunity where there wasn’t before. In Boston we believe “Summer For All” can be achieved, if various institutions align goals […]
Summer—From the “Wild West” to a “Center of Success”
The Wallace Foundation Posted: September 17, 2019 Author: Wallace editorial team National Summer Learning Association CEO Aaron Dworkin on making summer a time of opportunity for kids, adults and communities My high school basketball coach used to say, ‘No one gets better once the season starts. If you really want to get better, you put […]
Summer Starts in September: How targeted federal investments help partners plan successful summer activities for youth.
On September 19, 2019, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) and partners held a Capitol Hill briefing on the topic Summer Starts in September! How targeted federal investments help partners plan successful summer activities for youth. Speakers from Baltimore City Public Schools, the Alexandria, Virginia Library, and Teachers in the Parks program in Reading, Pennsylvania […]