Posts tagged Summer School
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DCPS summer school enrollment is up, but attrition is high
Summer isn’t just for lounging around anymore. DCPS’s kindergarten-through-8th-grade summer school program enrolled and retained more students this year than last. But many still don’t make it all the way through. On the first day of its K-8 summer school program this year, DCPS had almost 2500 students signed up, about 60 more than last year. Attendance… Keep reading…
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Afternoon bell: Summer brings difficulties
Children stay hungry: DC’s children face the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 30.7%, a situation that’s now worse because some schools are closed for the summer or permanently due to budget cuts. Nonprofits say they could feed more kids if they had the space. (Huffington Post) Keep reading…