Summer Learning Day on June 19

Summer Learning Day is a national advocacy day recognized to spread awareness about the importance of summer learning for our nation’s youth in helping close the achievement gap and support healthy development in communities all across the country. Whether you’re a community, summer program, school, or parent, there are many ways to celebrate Summer Learning Day!

Research shows that summers without quality learning opportunities put our nation’s youth at risk for falling behind – year after year – in core subjects like math and reading. The math and reading skills low-income students lose each summer are cumulative and contribute significantly to the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income kids.

Many kinds of high-quality learning opportunities during the summer can make a difference in stemming learning loss and ultimately, closing the country’s achievement gap.This year for Summer Learning Day, NSLA is asking everyone—programs, families, schools, educators, policymakers, businesses—to make summer a season of learning by pledging to #KeepKidsLearning on our interactive map.If you are hosting a Summer Learning Day event/program, we encourage you to put it on the map at SummerLearningDayMap.org so that families can find you. If you are a family you can find resources HERE.