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The Impact of Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Children鈥檚 Mathematics Achievement, via

• “We present results from a meta-analysis of 37 experimental and quasi-experimental studies of summer programs in mathematics for children in grades pre-K-12, examining what resources and characteristics relate to stronger student achievement, attainment and social-emotional and behavioral outcomes.”
• Conclusion: “Children who participated in summer programs that included mathematics lessons and activities enjoyed significant improvements in mathematics learning as well as social-behavioral outcomes.鈥�
• 鈥淎 simple calculation suggests that the cost-benefit payoff of summer school may be one-third greater than a class-size reduction in terms of boosting student achievement.鈥�

April 23, 2021 鈥� The Big Three

Pandemic Learning Loss Can Be a Post-Pandemic Opportunity for Education Reforms, writes in The Boston Globe.

• “The most urgent business is reconnecting children with their teachers and peers, rebuilding fractured relationships, restoring trust, reigniting inspiration, and rekindling hope and motivation.”
• “Meeting these challenges will require a major strategic pivot for the education system and the prioritization of strategies like home visits that include personalized teacher-family and teacher-student meetings, intensified social and emotional supports, as well as after-school and summer enrichment programs focused on fun, relationships and activity.”
• “Start with reconnecting, relationships, activity and inspiration. Build toward individualization and success plans. One size doesn鈥檛 fit all. Let educators drive a major, personalizing, humanizing reform in education, one that truly and immediately focuses on advancing the well-being of our children.”

U.S. Department of Education: that will support states in describing how they will use resources under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund. (See the )

• , which 鈥� among other issues听鈥� outlines the public consultative/commenting process states and schools must use to gather input on their plans. Comments are due May 24.

Indoor School Sports Most Likely to Spread COVID-19: A (23.8 percent), staff meetings or lunches (18.2 percent) and elementary school classrooms (9.5 percent), and that staff were more susceptible to COVID-19 than students were.

City & State News

New Jersey: The Overdeck Family Foundation, in conjunction with the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, is partnering with The College of New Jersey鈥檚 School of Education to launch the , an eight-week program that 鈥渨ill provide tutoring this summer for thousands of K-5 students who have experienced pandemic-related learning loss. Kids in groups of 3-4 will meet with a tutor for three hours a week beginning in late June.鈥� (Read an . )

West Virginia: .

• “54 of the state鈥檚 55 school systems applied for money from the state鈥檚 discretionary CARES Act funding through the Summer Opportunities for Learning and Engagement (SOLE) Grant program, which is designed to pay for summer remediation programs that will target learning loss caused by the pandemic.”
• 鈥�90 percent of the funding that we allocated to the counties is going directly to services for the students,鈥� a state education department official said. ()

Arizona: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced she鈥檚 statewide as part of the School Safety Grant program

Connecticut: Gov. Ned Lamont that public schools will be integrating a curriculum called , the brainchild of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his nonprofit organization, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.

Washington, D.C.: But most of the new seats will be in the city鈥檚 wealthiest schools: “The school system plans to add more than 4,100 seats for the quarter. Just 48 of those seats will be in Wards 7 and 8 鈥� the areas of the city with the highest concentrations of poverty.”

COVID-19 Research

Schools Can Open Safely during COVID-19, Latest Evidence Shows: Via

• “More than a year after schools around the country first shut down, many experts agree they can remain open safely if they implement measures such as mask wearing, physical distancing and good ventilation.”
• “Evidence suggests that the benefits of having kids in school 鈥� with precautions in place 鈥� strongly outweigh the risks, especially now that most teachers have been vaccinated.”
• “Perhaps the most important measure schools can take to keep kids and staff safe is the universal use of face masks at all times, except when eating or drinking.”

Belgium: The said fully reopening schools should remain a priority to safeguard the mental health of children in the long run.

Vaccine Requirements: Two-thirds of Americans support COVID-19 , according to a YouGov poll.

Federal News

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Announced a , which increases options for school screening programs and others.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Extended the school meal program known as to support reopened schools this fall.

National Institutes of Health: The program is awarding up to across eight states to build evidence on safely returning students, teachers and support staff to in-person school in areas with vulnerable and underserved populations.

White House and Treasury: Announced a COVID Paid Leave Tax Credit to help employers support employees with taking time off to get vaccinated. (Read the )

Viewpoints

Parents of Black and Hispanic Kids Are More Hesitant on In-Person School. Show Them It’s Safe: from Vladimir Kogan and Nat Malkus (and accompanying )

• “Crucially, the two sides of the story 鈥� families鈥� access to open schools and their hesitancy to return 鈥� are strongly related. According to a new analysis of Understanding America Survey data, the single best predictor of whether parents are willing to send their children back to schools is whether their own school reopened. That鈥檚 right, districts鈥� decisions to reopen schools could shape their parents鈥� attitudes on reopening schools as much as they are shaped by them. This means that districts have a more profound influence on actually returning students to classrooms than previously thought.”
• “If families of color continue to opt out of in-person learning at higher rates 鈥� including next fall when full-time in-person schooling (hopefully) becomes the default 鈥� the pandemic-fueled growth in achievement gaps will continue. To avoid that, education leaders need to act decisively and act now to reopen schools for all students and 鈥� even more challenging 鈥� persuade parents to trust that in-person learning can be done safely. Building that trust requires a three-pronged approach.”
  • “First, reopen confidently and learn from the schools that have made in-person learning work.”
  • “Second, reopen as soon as possible. With vaccine availability high and the risks to students low, there are few justifiable excuses for continued delay.”
  • “Third, and most important, show 鈥� don鈥檛 just tell 鈥� parents that schools are safe.”

Is Hybrid Homeschooling the Future of Education? Rick Hess interviews Mike McShane for .

• “Put simply, hybrid home schools enroll children in a traditional brick-and-mortar school for part of the week, and students learn from home for part of the week,” McShane said.
• With hybrid homeschooling, many families 鈥渇ind themselves getting the best of homeschooling 鈥� for instance, the personalized attention, the supportive environment, more control over what is learned 鈥� and the best of traditional schooling 鈥� community, socialization, expertise, extracurriculars and so on.”

7 Things Black Parents Can Do to Make Sure Their Child Will Thrive at School:听Isis Spann at 蜜桃影视

Youth Voice: about school during the COVID-19 pandemic

Irrational COVID-19 Fears: The New York Times鈥檚 . 鈥淰ictory over COVID will not involve its elimination. Victory will instead mean turning it into the sort of danger that plane crashes or shark attacks present 鈥� too small to be worth reordering our lives.”

Education Tragedy in Los Angeles, by : “Throughout the fall 2020 semester 鈥� elementary-school students in L.A. received fewer than two hours a day of synchronous instruction on average.鈥� And yet a new report shows thousands of students were 鈥渃onsistently disengaged鈥� in fall 2020.

鈥� And on a Lighter Note

Dog Wins Relay Race: At a Utah high school track meet ()

• “A dog is seen breaking loose from its owner near the final turn, then immediately passing the second-, third- and fourth-place runners. The dog sprinted to catch up with Gracie Laney, who was surprised to find out she had a competitor at her heels.”
• 鈥�’At first, I thought it was another runner and I was surprised because we had a pretty good lead,’ Laney told KSL. ‘As it got closer, I thought, “That鈥檚 too small to be a person,” and then I noticed it was a dog.鈥�”
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Weekend Reads: In case you missed them, our top five stories of the week:

• SCHOOL SAFETY: Broward County Superintendent Arrested on Felony Charges in Parkland School Shooting Inquiry (Read more)
• POLICING: George Floyd Isn鈥檛 Alone 鈥� Thousands of MN Students Are Restrained at School Each Year (Read more)
• EARLY ED: State Pre-Ks Face 鈥楬uge Setbacks鈥� Because of the Pandemic, But Leaders Pin Hopes on Future Federal Revenue to Increase Access (Read more)
• EQUITY: 鈥楧oomed鈥� By 8th Grade: Underserved Students Thrive In College, But Disparities In Access Start Early & Persist Insidiously, New Report Reveals (Read more)
• OPINION: White Parents Horrified by George Floyd Video Still Go to Great Lengths to Keep Their Children in Segregated Schools (Read more)

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