ERIC Number: ED610109
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 62
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-0-8330-9924-2
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations. RAND Summer Learning Series. Research Report. RR-2038-WF
Augustine, Catherine H.; Thompson, Lindsey E.
RAND Corporation
During the school year leading up to summer 2015, summer leaders in Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Rochester made concerted efforts to integrate their summer learning programs into the core priorities and operations of the larger school district as a strategy to increase sustainability. This report examines these efforts and their impacts. The recommendations should be useful to leaders of district-led summer programs and others who support sustaining them. Data for this report are drawn from interviews, meeting minutes, and summer program and district documents. Starting in November 2015 through January 2016, the authors interviewed 62 district staff members involved in summer programming in these three districts. This report does not intend to represent all aspects of integration within each of these districts. The experiences of these districts will not necessarily correspond to experiences in other districts. The goal is to independently record and analyze their work as accurately as possible and to identify lessons that other summer leaders might find useful for improving the sustainability of their summer programs. The findings should be of interest to others who lead or support summer learning programs. The findings in this report include why the summer leaders pursued integration and the strategies they used to do so.
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Achievement Gains, Mathematics Achievement, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Social Development, Emotional Development, At Risk Students, Low Income Students, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Attendance, Enrichment Activities, Budgeting, Personnel Selection, Curriculum Development, Program Development, Sustainability, Urban Areas, Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Planning, School Districts
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Wallace Foundation
Authoring Institution: RAND Education and Labor
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston); Texas (Dallas); Florida; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); New York (Rochester)
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