A Hot Time for Summer Learning
In this podcast series, field experts, researchers, and practitioners explore why summer matters and how to design, implement, and fund high-quality programs that blend academics and enrichment.
High-quality summer learning programs play an important role in the lives of our nation’s young people. Summer learning programs can bolster academic knowledge and skills and connect young people to engaging and enriching learning experiences. In the wake of the pandemic, having access to these options during the summer months is essential for students' learning, recovery, and well-being.
This podcast series features leading field experts, researchers and practitioners who are involved in summer learning and enrichment on the national, state and local levels. Learn how they are planning for these important programs, what it takes to make them effective and engaging for young people and what is being studied and learned along the way.
Episodes
Episode 1, Part I: What We’ve Learned About Summer Learning
The evidence base for creating and running high-quality summer learning programs
Episode 1, Part II: More on What We’ve Learned About Summer Learning
More about the evidence base for creating and running high-quality summer learning programs
Episode 2: The Power of Summer Learning Partnerships
A focus on the role that partnerships and intermediary organizations play
Episode 3: Empowering States to Leverage Summer Learning: A Network Approach
Exploring statewide networks that focus on summer learning
Episode 4: Lessons from the Lone Star State: How Districts in Texas Are Thinking About Summer Program Sustainability
Insights into sustaining summer learning programs in the face of funding shifts
Episode 5: Rethinking Summer Learning: Why - and How - Two Districts Transformed Their Programs
How two districts transformed their summer learning programs and what it looked like on the ground
Episode 6: Lessons from Rural Communities: How Two Districts Are Reinventing Summer Learning
How two districts transform and expand high-quality summer learning opportunities amid the unique needs and context of their vibrant rural communities
