RAND Education Experts Available to Discuss 'Summer Learning Day,' June 21

RAND Education experts Catherine Augustine and Jennifer Sloan McCombs, authors of the just-released study "Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning," are available for interviews to discuss "Summer Learning Day," scheduled for Tuesday, June 21.

Sponsored by the National Summer Learning Association, "Summer Learning Day" is designed to draw attention to the loss of knowledge and educational skills by students during the summer months. The RAND study finds that summer learning loss is cumulative, that students from low-income families suffer most, and that it leads to the growing achievement gap between low-income and higher-income students.

"Summer Learning Day" is supported by elected officials and policymakers, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, schools, universities, museums, libraries and summer camps across the country.