What Summer COULD Teach Us
Summer vacation is a great time to have fun and learn new things... but that's not always what happens. See what Horizons National Board Chair Jane Williams has to say about summer learning and opportunity in The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Our experience at Horizons shows the incredible potential of quality summer learning. That's why we support the right of all students to high-quality summer experiences and the need to support their parents in securing them.
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What does the enrichment gap, between lower-income students and their more affluent peers, do when summer comes? Often, it grows wider. An interesting new article by Michael J. Petrilli, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, looks at the implications of this gap -- and offers suggestions to change the narrative.