History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Endless summers contribute to achievement gap
- 06-21-2011
-
By Louis Freedberg/California Watch
As millions of California schoolchildren embark on a months-long summer vacation, low-income students are likely to lose substantial ground academically during the summer, while higher-income students will gain, according to a new report. Most disturbing, according to a report titled "Making Summer Count," issued last week by the RAND Corp., is that the losses are cumulative and contribute substantially to the achievement gap that California and other states have been unsuccessfully trying to close for decades. Summer academic losses are likely to be more pronounced in California than most other states. (more...)
Send this
Print this
