Summer School keeps the gap at bay
Students lose ground during lazy days of summer
A couple hundred middle school students will set up their camcorders and interview state legislators at the Capitol tomorrow, asking about their fondest summer memories. The recordings will be uploaded to a website called “Summer Matters to You.” It’s not simply a higher tech version of “What I did on my Summer Vacation” – there’s a slight ulterior motive. The students are part of National Summer Learning Day, and the recordings are also meant to promote summer school by showing the academic, cultural, and financial schism that separates kids when summer starts. Many public officials aren’t aware of it.
While middle-income kids may go to camp or on family vacations or even spend time over the summer reading, that’s not how it is for many low-income kids, said Jennifer Peck,
