Catherine Augustine News Today

At Audubon High School, students lead circles to resolve conflicts.

Our kids went to school in the summer when the nation was young. With the right approach – and the right people to teach them – they can do so again.

It’s a myth that the summer break is a relic of our agricultural past, and today’s summer school has a negative taint. It needs to be reimagined.

Summer school has to provide the kind of enrichment activities that well-to-do kids already receive in privately run summer camps and schools.

Our long summer vacation is a relic from an agricultural past when kids were needed for seasonal work on farms--or so weve been told. Since thats no longer the case, we should lay the three-month summer break to rest, right?

Our long summer vacation is a relic from an agricultural past when kids were needed for seasonal work on farms — or so we’ve been told. Since that’s no longer

Long breaks for schoolchildren are rooted in health and well-being, not farm work as many believe. That offers an insight on dealing with modern learning loss.

Long breaks for schoolchildren are rooted in health and well-being, not farm work as many believe. That offers an insight on dealing with modern learning loss.

Many low-income students will lose access to academic opportunities and recreational activities.

Kids don’t typically advance academically during the summer, but the research isn’t clear on whether they forget what they’ve already learned