Debate: Are summer service ‘vacations’ worth it?
Did you do any community service this summer in an area or community outside your own or out of your comfort zone?
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Extra week of summer good in Ocean City
Schools in Md. have been ordered by the governor to start the school year after Labor Day. It works for business. Does it work for kids?
Camp keeps 400 Balto. students on academic track
Summer camps can help reduce the amount of "summer slide," the loss of learning that often accompanies young learners in the summer.
Will Md. students experience more summer slide?
We ask (and look to research seeking answers) whether Gov Larry Hogan's order for Md. schools to start after Labor Day will hurt students academically.
On year-round schooling’s impact on summer
One publisher in Baltimore wonders if we should have kids go to school year-round. It's worth the dialog, but it's a little complicated.
2012-13 US graduation rate is highest ever
US graduation rates were higher for the Class of 2013 than they have ever been, but gaps still exist and adjustments are being made.
Camp Invention inspires STEM in Indiana
A national summer camp focused on science and technology brought some learning fun to Indiana.
Campers learn new languages in Frederick Co.
A summer camp for Md. 3rd & 4th graders teaches them basic words in several foreign languages & expands their cultural understanding.
Girls make shoes at W.Va. engineering camp
A W.Va. camp lets girls show their talents in fashion and explore engineering in designing shoes. Other STEM subjects were also explored.
Summer 2015 movie releases
These are our brief movie reviews for feature films of possible high interest to schoolchildren in the US, released during the summer of 2015.