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School’s Out! Summer Learning Collaboration Is In
NSLA seeks to:• Improve the quality of summer learning opportunities• Expand access to summer learning• Increase demand for summer learning
Why Summer Matters
The Faucet Theory
Afterschool and Summer
Faucet Theory: learning resources are turned on for all youth during the school year because of equal access to public education.
FOOD
BOOKS
TEACHERS
ACTIVI
TIES
Afterschool and Summer During the summer, the faucet is turned OFF
for low-income youth. A limited flow of resources in the summer has
major implications for summer program quality.
The Effects of Summer Learning Loss Since 1906, numerous studies have confirmed that
children experience learning losses in math and reading without continued opportunities for skill building over the summer (White, Heyns, Cooper, Downey, Alexander)
All youth lose an average of 2-3 months of math skills without practice over the summer without practice.
Low-income youth lose an average of 1-3 months of grade level equivalency reading skills over the summer without practice.
Up to 2/3 of the ninth grade reading achievement gap can be attributed to
summer learning loss in the elementary years alone.
Achievementor
Opportunity?
“Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn when they are not in school….America doesn’t have a school problem. It has a summer vacation problem …”
Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, pp. 258 - 260
“It may seem counterintuitive, but schools don’t seem to produce much of the disparity in test scores between high- and low-income students…
There is some evidence that achievement gaps between high- and low-income students actually narrow during the nine-month school year, but they widen again in the summer months.”
Source: Sean Reardon, No Rich Child Left Behind, New York Times Op-Ed, April 30, 2013.
What is the opportunity gap? Over the last 40 years, upper-income parents
have increased the amount they spend on their kids’ enrichment activities, like tutoring and extra curriculars, by $5,300 a year. The financially stressed lower classes have only been able to increase their investment by $480, adjusted for inflation.
1972 to 1973 1983 to 1984 1994 to 1995 2005 to 20060
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
3,536
5,650
6,975
8,872
835 1,264 1,173 1,315
Enrichment Expenditures on Children(in 2008 dollars)
Top Quintile Income Bottom Quintile Income
Source: Whither Opportunity?, 2011, Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, ed., p. 11
The growing opportunity gap
Summer Learning is a viable solution to level the
playing field.
School Year
Summer
Summer Learning and K-12 Education
School Year
Summer
Summer Learning and K-12 Education
School Year
Summer
Summer Learning and K-12 Education
Tipping Point What would it take to change the trajectory of
schools through summer learning?
30% of kids and teachers?
What can WE do, together?
Who are summer learning stakeholders?
Children and Youth Build their academic skills Build their confidence Expose them to their future Inspire them to lead Strengthen them physically Build their network of support
Educators
Parents• 76 percent of parents feel more involved in their
child’s education as a result of the summer program.
• 82 percent of parents agree or strongly agree that the summer program helped them to focus on their job, job search, and/or school work.
Summer Learning Loss – Real, Not Urgent
Parents view summer learning loss as real Many parents reported seeing it happen with their child
But many parents do not understand summer learning loss can be cumulative
While they like the Summer Learning Program, parents did not see summer learning opportunities as urgent Do not recognize importance of time spent learning during the summer as equal to
the regular school year
When presented with information about the possible long-term effects of summer learning loss parents then recognize the value of summer learning
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Summer Learning Loss – Intervention Needed?
Many parents believe that they can prevent or ameliorate the effects of summer learning loss through self-managed methods Proactive parents feel that their “homemade” summer curriculum can substitute for
a formal program
Less involved parents feel that next year’s teacher can fix summer learning loss
- Catch up in the first month of the new school year
- Extra review time at the start of the school year
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Schools and CBOs Schools are on the hook for achievement• Hold the data that can drive programming
CBOs have capacity for scale and variety
Funders and Policymakers Need evidence to make the case!• Youth outcomes• Economic and social costs and benefits
Need to be educated advocates Show evidence of collaboration
Re-teaching costs weeks of the school year
Up to 6 weeks spent re-teaching the previous year’s skills each fall
$1,667/$10,000 per pupil rate
Higher Ed and Business College and career ready students Workforce pipeline
Summer Learning Community Report Card
Our Challenge
Set clear goals that direct and motivate communities.
Provide guidance for action that is based on what works, but is flexible to suit each community.
Moving the Needle in Summer
Coordinated civic action can lead to:• Increased awareness and action• Better understanding of quality and what works• Better practices that support more kids• Ability to track progress and show impact
Long-term Impact Increase the number of youth that
demonstrate improved outcomes• What are the specific youth outcomes the
community wants to impact?• How much of an increase or improvement?• For how many youth?• By when?• How will you know if you were successful?
Intermediate Outcomes (Progress Indicators)
Program level progress• More programs tracking targeted specific youth
outcomes• More programs focusing on improvement and
quality• Improved quality of programs
Intermediate Outcomes (Progress Indicators)
Community level progress• Increased partnerships• More capacity in existing programs• More programs targeting identified youth
outcomes• Development of new programs• Increase in targeted youth participating in
summer learning programs
System Indicators
1. Shared Vision and Citywide Coordination2. Engaged Leadership 3. Data Management System4. Quality Improvement System5. Sustainable Resources6. Marketing and Communications Strategy
What’s possible
in the summer?
Boston
Boston Summer Learning Project
“Unfortunately, in the search to find the “silver bullet” for American education, afterschool and summer learning are often considered optional and, in a time of tight budgets, frequently pitted against each other in competition for scarce resources. A more productive approach is to explore afterschool and summer learning as complementary strategies that can combine to strengthen instruction during the regular school year.
Understanding and leveraging this connection will enable greater numbers of students to experience academic and developmental success.”
Boston Superintendent Carol Johnson
Boston Summer Learning Project Mayor Thomas Menino’s challenge to the
community Boston Opportunity Agenda – education
pipeline collaboration Public-private partnership using a networking
approach to coordinate summer and afterschool programming
Synthesized local and federal funding streams
Boston Summer Learning Project 2012 – 1,500 youth, 40 schools and 17
community partner organizations Boston Public Schools utilizes Title I and
Federal Food Program funding Common measures and indicators across all
programs Boston Public Schools assessment method to
measure summer learning loss
Boston “ACT” Framework
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Boston Summer Learning Project
System Indicators
1. Shared Vision and Citywide Coordination2. Engaged Leadership 3. Data Management System4. Quality Improvement System5. Sustainable Resources6. Marketing and Communications Strategy
Baltimore City
Super Summers
Baltimore City Super Summers
Led by the Mayor’s office based on priorities set by the Mayor’s Youth Cabinet
Partnership between city agencies, Baltimore City Public Schools, private sector, city intermediary and community organizations
Mission is to ensure that every Baltimore City student has access to learning, meals, reading, and other fun activities during the summer
Coordinated marketing, communications and outreach strategy
Central information portals – website and 211 Community canvassing – door-knocking and
phone calls reached over 20,000 households
Baltimore City Super Summers
California Summer Meals Coalition
Feeding and Reading
Connecting Summer Meals & Reading
Partnership between California Summer Meal Coalition and California Library Association
In 2013, four community partnerships between summer meal providers, public libraries and volunteer groups
Connecting Summer Meals & Reading
Goals: To increase access to summer meals by increasing the number
of summer meal sponsors and meal sites in California. To build support for summer meal programs by engaging
leaders and facilitating stronger community partnerships to create a summer “safety net.”
To bridge anti-hunger and obesity prevention efforts by linking summer meal providers with nutrition education resources.
Summer Matters Campaign
California
Summer Matters Campaign Steering Committee of state and national
organizations Legislative Task Force• Set aside of 21st Century funds• Increased flexibility in state funding to offer full
day program Funding to Technical Assistance providers and
programs (district, CBO and County)• Private investment built on public
investment
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Successful collaborations
Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011
Successful collaborations
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Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011
Collaboratives with:
• Aspiration to needle-moving (e.g. 10%+) change on a community-wide metric
• Long-term investment in success
• Cross-sector engagement
• Use of data to set the agenda and improve over time
• Community members as partners and producers of impact
• Shared vision and agenda
• Effective leadership and governance
• Deliberate alignment of resources, programs and advocacy toward what works
• Dedicated capacity and appropriate structure
• Sufficient resources
• Knowledge
• Tools
• Technical assistance from peers/experts
• Policy
• Funding
Successful collaborations
Source: White House Council for Community Solutions, Community Collaboratives Whitepaper, 2011
NSLA Events and Resources New Vision for Summer School Network Funding Roadmap publication Summer Learning Day, June 21, EVERYWHERE National Conference, November 11-13,
Orlando
Advancing Outcomes for Youth: Demonstrating your value in a data-driven age
Register now at summerlearning.org
THANK YOU!
www.summerlearning.org
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