New York City will be deciding how to spend billions of education dollars within the next few months, and, everybody has ideas.
The interim chancellor (the term used for superintendent in New York City) immediately suggested summer school, as did many others (including the new law). The law also says the dollars must be spent on “evidence-based” interventions: a challenge.
The evidence that summer school is effective is slim and discouraging.
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Research studies done before the pandemic show that summer school usually don’t accomplish its purpose of raising reading or math achievement.
“Generally, summer programs are not effective because they don’t really engage young people and they’re not run well,”
Even if the evidence is discouraging we’re going to have summer school: will it be the same old review and remediate (“boring”) or an interesting program that excites kids? I would suggest summer school is project-based. Spend the last two weeks in June selecting a project and the summer working on a standards- CONTINUE READING: How would you recommend spending the billions of American Rescue Act dollars? Everyone seems to have ideas(s). | Ed In The Apple