This post was co-written by Bob Seidel, policy director at the National Summer Learning Association.
Lucy Friedman of The After-School Corporation and Jennifer Peck of Partnership for Children and Youth make excellent points in their Sept. 23 post, "Time for Congress to Stand up for Expanded Learning." We...
Posted August 16, 2011 | 15:44:50 (EST)
Two recent articles illustrate the conflicting notions America has about summer and learning -- notions that, as a nation, are setting us back.
The first was a front-page story in the New York Times that described high-powered summer activities as a college admissions strategy for ambitious young people....
Posted June 21, 2011 | 12:52:23 (EST)
On June 21, the first day of summer, programs and communities across the country will be celebrating National Summer Learning Day -- and contemplating the ironies of this enigmatic season.
Summer seems fleeting; think summer love and melting ice cream cones. But in fact, the learning losses it creates for...
Posted March 21, 2011 | 18:38:44 (EST)
Eight years ago this week the first Marine died in the war in Iraq.
James, a private, grew up in a small town in western Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps straight out of high school. He was assigned to an infantry unit and sent to northern Kuwait...
Posted September 28, 2011 | 15:47:01 (EST)