NYC Program Helps English Learners Prevent Summer Slide
August 21, 2019
By: Shawna De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive
To combat the risk of English learners (ELs) losing vocabulary over the summer months, New York City Public Schools conducts free summer programs for about 7,500 ELL students, Chalkbeat reports.
Some of the 99 available summer programs are mandatory and others are voluntary, with options including cooking classes and field trips.
Though language barriers and distrust can lead parents in immigrant communities to sometimes prohibit their children from attending these types of programs, New York has seen demand grow to the point that some schools have waitlists despite being able to accommodate 1,000 additional students this year.