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Special-education students who are supposed to get 12 months of services sometimes face obstacles during the summer months, during which their risk of regression is greater than for other kids.

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Aug 2015

Education

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

City Limits’ series on summer learning continues with a look at a Brooklyn program where learning to excel at science, technology, engineering and math involves learning—among other things—how to yelp.

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

10

Aug 2015

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End of a Summer Quest

The last day of LeAp’s SummerQuest program on August 7 at PS 69X on Thierot Avenue in the Bronx.

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Jul 2015

Education

Huge Demand for Summer Art Programs to Keep Schoolkids Sharp

The students at 826NYC are hunting a murderer—in the movie script they’re writing. But finding that fictional killer will be a lot easier than many kids’ real-life hunt for art…

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Education

Groups Scramble to Fight Students’ Literacy Slip Over Summer Break

From distributing books in barbershops to recruiting a giant-sized Dora to explore the steps of City Hall, advocates and experts are trying to match inadequate public resources to the serious…

ByPatrick Donachie 2Comments

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Jul 2015

Education

Summer Lunches Can Support Summer Learning, Advocates Say

School’s out for the summer, but the SchoolFood program is still distributing free, federally subsidized meals that fill stomachs and help facilitate programs that combat the summer slide.

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Education

Unclear if Summer School Stops the Summer Slide

Playing catch-up can be a way to avoid losing ground over the summer, but the evidence is far from conclusive.

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Jun 2015

Education

School’s Out Today, and Fight to Stop ‘Summer Slide’ Begins

The summer break is as much a season of concern as it is one of celebration. Over the coming months educators, parents, policymakers and non-profit organizations will work to stem…

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Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

End of a Summer Quest

Huge Demand for Summer Art Programs to Keep Schoolkids Sharp

Groups Scramble to Fight Students’ Literacy Slip Over Summer Break

Summer Lunches Can Support Summer Learning, Advocates Say

Unclear if Summer School Stops the Summer Slide

School’s Out Today, and Fight to Stop ‘Summer Slide’ Begins

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