Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning

Author(s): McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Bodilly, Susan; McInnis, Brian; Lichter, Dahlia S.; Cross, Amanda Brown;
Date Issued: 2011
Publisher(s): Rand Corporation
Description: A review of research on summer learning loss and summer program effectiveness and costs, and an examination of school district efforts to develop summer learning programs, based on case studies and key informant interviews
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Funder(s): Wallace Foundation
Source: (MG-1120-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1120.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Cognitive Development

Child Care & Early Education Market > Cost Of Providing Services

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, TEXAS
ISBN: 978-0-8330-5266-7 : Unspecified
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