By Aaron Dworkin, CEO, National Summer Learning Association Around the world, summer is often associated with a different type of experience for children who are out of school. In the United States, it is increasingly seen as something more: a “whole child” solution, that includes, education, play, and resiliency. At the National Summer Learning Association, a coalition of more than 25,000 school districts, nonprofits, government agencies, and corporate partners, we work to e

Laurin Bremerich & Daniel Rohde About the Authors: Laurin Bremerich is a research assistant at TU Dortmund University and at the Institute for Theory and Empirical Research in Social Sciences (ITES). His work focuses on all-day education in primary schools, with a particular emphasis on understanding and analyzing quality in all-day educational settings. Daniel Rohde is a research assistant at the University of Hildesheim. In his work, he deals with various topics related to

About the Author: Dr. Amreen Thompson is the Associate Director of Research and Evaluation at Partnerships in Education and Resilience ( PEAR ). In addition to her research and evaluation training, Amreen also has practical, classroom experience through her work as a secondary science teacher. For decades, extended education, after-school programs, summer learning, enrichment initiatives, youth organizations, sports, robotics clubs, and the arts, has shaped young people’s liv