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Middle Class Kids Lose Less Learning Over Summers Than Poor Children
All children experience learning loss over the summer, but low-income students experience the most, according to a recent study by Harris Cooper, Director of Education at Duke University.
Dr. Cooper believes that 65% of the gap in learning loss between poor and affluent children can be explained by differences in summer learning experiences during the elementary school years. For example, middle and upper income children have access to stimulating experiences such as summer camps, vacations and museum activities.
All children regardless of income group lose about 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in mathematics during the summer. However, disadvantaged students also experience significant losses in reading comprehension. Middle-class students actually increase their reading abilities slightly over the summer months.
When you combine losses in both math and reading, low-income students lose approximately three months of grade equivalency but middle and upper income students lose only one.
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Specialized Summer Camps
Does your child need a specialized programs? Aspen Education Group has summer programs for many different needs, from wilderness therapy for behavioral issues to adventure camps for kids with autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, PDD, and even weight loss adventure camps. Please call to learn more.(866) 845-1389
Boarding Summer Schools
Therapeutic boarding schools can give your child a jump on next year.
Enroll this summer to catch up credits!
Therapeutic boarding schools help teens with behavioral and emotional issues, learning differences, and social problems. The following schools offer year round admissions allowing you to enroll your child this summer:
Aspen Ranch
Turn-About Ranch
New Leaf Academy
Academy at Swift River
Stone Mountain School
Copper Canyon Academy
Wilderness Works!
Is your teen struggling with behavioral and emotional issues that are prohibiting him or her from growing into a mature young adult with a positive future?
Wilderness programs have been proven to help troubled teens. Get the help your teenager needs to today to get them back on the right track!
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