By Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships As we ease into the break from our school year routines, enjoying the beautiful weather that has blessed Nebraska this spring, it is easy for us to forget that learning never…
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How Can We Stop Summer Learning Loss? Support Summer Learning.
Tagged with: achievement gap, education, opportunity gap, OST, school, summer learning loss
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
Education, Poverty and the Achievement Gap
Lincoln Public Schools has consistently reported Nebraska’s high graduation rates throughout the past decade.
So, why do we have such a wide achievement gap?
Tagged with: achievement gap, after school programs, community learning center network, Out-of-school time, summer learning
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
Why ELOs matter: Closing the opportunity gap
Call it the achievement gap or the opportunity gap, it adds up to the same thing. Kids from low-income families perform at a lower level in school than their more affluent peers—and much of this gap has nothing to do with their school day…
Tagged with: achievement gap, after school program, afterschool, CLC, elo, summer learning, summer learning loss
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
Expanded Learning Opportunities Week in Nebraska
By Jeff Cole, Beyond School Bells Network Lead At a ceremony in the Capitol last Thursday, Governor Heineman signed a proclamation identifying the week of January 20 – 24th as Expanded Learning Opportunity Awareness week across Nebraska. At the ceremony,…
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