Funding and Sustainability

The Cost of Summer

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Summer can be a costly time for low-income families. According to Jennifer Peck, Executive Director of the Partnership for Children and Youth, “While middle-income children retain knowledge or, in many cases, make gains over the summer, low-income children fall behind.” Summer learning programs are a cost effective way to prevent summer learning loss and close the opportunity gap. In order to better understand the cost of such investments, Summer Matters conducted a small survey of partner organizations offering high quality summer learning opportunities in California.

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Program Sustainability Workbook

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In the Sustainability Workbook you will find a self-assessment tool, action plan, and follow-up plan, along with tips and best practices to help you assess and improve your program’s sustainability.

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CSBA Guide: Summer Learning Matters

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This guide is intended to better acquaint school board members and superintendents with summer learning, and to help them establish or expand programs that result in greater learning and enrichment for the students they serve.

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Summer Matters is Supporting The Summer Learning Network and The Launch of A Seed Fund

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The Summer Matters Campaign is exploring the power of a Summer Learning Network with the launch of a network seed fund.

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Funding Resource Guide

Summer Funding Resource Guide

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The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), in collaboration with the White House, Civic Nation, and U.S. Department of Education developed the 2016 Funding Resource Guide to help state and local leaders identify the most promising funding streams to support summer learning and to show how innovative states, districts, and communities have creatively blended public and private funding to develop programs, services and opportunities to meet the needs of young people during the critical summer months.

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Summer learning is a great way to meet your LCFF goals

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Research and practice demonstrate that if schools and districts are serious about closing the achievement gap, investing in summer learning strategies must be a top priority.

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Investing in Summer Learning: Stories from the Field

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In select communities throughout California, districts are taking a proactive approach to address summer learning loss by using the funds provided by the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Unlike traditional summer school, these summer learning programs combine much-needed academic content with fun, engaging activities.

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Leveraging Summer for Student Success (LCFF)

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High-quality summer learning programs aren’t just nice to have; for many students, they’re the difference between the potential for success and falling far behind their peers. In short, if you want to give your district’s most vulnerable students the best chance to succeed — YOU NEED SUMMER.

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Blast off to the 2016 Summer Matters Leadership Conference

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This FREE conference will give you the opportunity to redefine summer with activities that are meaningful, support mastery and expand horizons. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and resources empowering you to deliver the highest quality program possible.

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Making Your Program a District Priority

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This packet is a resource to help you advocate for summer learning to be included in your school district’s Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP) and corresponding investments. This guide includes:

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