To bridge achievement gap, US-style summer schools come to UK

The UK is introducing summer schools to help bridge the academic achievement gap between pupils from differing socio-economic backgrounds.

The Education Endowment Foundation modeled it’s £200,000 summer school project on American summer schools. Mornings will be focused on improving literacy and numercy, afternoons will be a mix of educational, recreational, and community activities students from disadvantaged backgrounds would not normally have access to.

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