Volume 7, #9
May 2003

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Solutions for "summer reading loss"

Many kids lose ground in their reading skills during the summer months. In fact, research shows that students from low-income families are more likely to experience "summer reading loss." One reason for this, say Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard Allington, is because low-income kids don't have the same access to books during the summer as more well-off kids. The authors present some suggestions for what schools can do. Go to http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=417