Cover image by ViJakob from Pixabay
Digest compiled by Megan Sumeracki
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer* is coming! Whether you have two weeks or almost two months left in your academic year, the warmer weather and growing plants are a regular reminder that we’re getting closer every day to our summer break. Summer break is often fun for kids and can give educators a much needed break to decompress (or prepare for next year…) but can also spark fears about learning loss. In this digest, we present some resources explaining summer learning loss and the data, and resources to give parents and teachers ideas for how to combat summer learning loss while still having summer fun.
*As an academic, and especially becuase I’m in higher education, my concepts of “fall,” “spring,” and “summer” are a bit skewed. For me, fall starts in August, spring in January, and summer in May. This often causes confusion when I say things to my extended family, like “spring is about to start!” and it’s mid January. But anyway, I digress.
