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When School’s Out, Some Students are Out of Luck

As the school year comes to a close at public schools across the country, summer vacation stretches out ahead: two months full of promise. But not all of our kids have the ways and means to realize that promise, as this new article from the New York Times details. So rarely does an article express so clearly the need for a program like Horizons – and for the difference summer learning can make, for students, for families, and for communities.

See article:
The Families That Can't Afford Summer

Listen to related NPR story:
Summer Isn't Always A Vacation For Families Who Can't Afford It

Does "Grit" Make the Grade?

The conversation about “grit” has really taken off lately. There’s a new book out by best-selling author and journalist Paul Tough, Helping Children Succeed, and it’s been getting a lot of play in the press. The grit concept itself isn’t new, but the discussion is becoming more nuanced. We’re interested in this discussion because it almost always weaves in and out of what we at Horizons do.

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