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Summer school, once limited to high school students who needed to make up failed credits, is experiencing a massive expansion into all grades this year due to the academic losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Only 13 people sent letters of interest before the deadline Friday. They include a guitar teacher, a math teacher, a science teacher and two classroom assistants.
Schools looking to shore up students’ skills after pandemic-related shutdowns turn to summer school and enrichment programs — but there’s no guarantee kids will attend or that gains will last into fall and beyond.
Take the case of Jordan Gordon, a kindergarten student. His mom is a reading coach at Harbordale Elementary School, and even with that advantage, she’s sending him to summer school. “I really saw a big gap between what he’s expected to know and what he knows, both academically and socially-emotionally, and so when we got this opportunity to send kids to summer school and continue the learning, continue the socialization, there’s going to be enrichment, academics, we jumped at the opportunity to send him,” said Lauren Gordon, Jordan’s mom. “A large number of students have bee...
Unlike last year, when the state canceled all standardized testing due to COVID-19, students would still take the exams, under the bill. However, poor results wouldn't count against students, teachers or schools.