The ACES Network - Institute for Summer Learning Leaders

Summer is fast approaching! Are your leaders and staff ready to maximize summer learning opportunities, integrate Sports-based Youth Development, Positive Youth Development, and Social & Emotional Learning best practices, engage participants where they are as we grow out of the continuing Covid-19 context.

In the last two years, researchers published two new studies using MAP Growth data to document student learning patterns during the summer. One of the studies, “School’s out: The role of summers in understanding achievement disparities,” was recently published in the American Educational Research Journal and examined the magnitude and variability in summer learning loss across grades 1–8. This study found that the average student lost 17–34% of the prior year’s learning gains during summer break, as well as that students who lose ground in one summer are more likely to also lose ground in subsequent summers. Our training and development activities are designed to equip Summer Learning leaders with the resources, strategies, and tools to combat learning loss and improve student engagement.

Online Sessions: Zoom Meetings - Links will be sent after completing your registration.

Face2Face: TBD