Newsom signed Senate Bill 153 on June 29, which tightens the rules and requirements for school districts on how they spend funds on students suffering from learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research shows the pandemic had lasting impacts on the youngest of students, who were 3-8 years old when COVID-19 disrupted their learning.

In the years before Covid, the U.S. education system had impressive success in reducing learning inequality, as I explained in a 2022 newsletter. But Covid erased much of that progress.

Forty-six percent of respondents said their secondary students fell in the “moderate” category when it comes to learning loss in English/language arts; 40 percent said the same about math.

The Allendale Columbia Summer LEAP program, celebrating its 10th year, provides a comprehensive five-week summer enrichment experience to combat summer learning loss among students.

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The impact of summer learning loss. Studies show that students can lose up to two months of grade-level equivalency in math skills during the summer, with reading comprehension also taking a hit.

However, experts and research does indicate that students tend to lose academic ground over the summer, and the learning loss disproportionately impacts economically disadvantaged students.