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ERIC Number: ED627668
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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Expanding Equity in Afterschool and Summer Learning: Lessons from School Districts. Research Brief
West, Cassandra
Wallace Foundation
Achieving equity in education--that is, ensuring every student has the resources and tools they need to succeed--has become a key issue for the nation's schools. Equity does not apply just to classroom learning, however; it matters in afterschool, summer, and other out-of-school-time (OST) programs, too. Yet while research on equity in the OST sector in general is growing, equity in OST programs provided by school systems has received less attention from researchers. This knowledge gap became particularly noticeable in the pandemic's wake, as school districts nationwide, aided by unprecedented federal relief funding, began to rethink their afterschool and summer programs, viewing them as a vehicle to help students recover from instructional loss and cope with the stresses of the last few years. To help build the knowledge base, University of Virginia researchers, funded by The Wallace Foundation, looked at both how school districts from around the country with strong commitments to classroom equity have approached equity in their OST programming and what challenges they have faced integrating their equity efforts into those programs. Their report, "How Do Districts Implement Equity in Afterschool and Summer Programs," found that districts promoted equity in a number of ways, from making programs more accessible to providing content in sync with student needs. This brief summarizes the study.
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Wallace Foundation
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