Program Quality

Product Review: Using Video Games to Support Learning

June 8, 2018/in Program Quality, Stories /by Daren Howard

Game Learning is an educational video game development company that believes fun and education should go hand in hand. They’ve released two games: Roanoke: The Lost Colony and Boston: Road to Revolution, and they have 60 more games under development.

Summer Learning – A Smart Investment for California School Districts

February 13, 2018/in Program Quality, Reports /by Ezra Denney

Throughout California, school district leaders are using their newfound flexibility under LCFF to put summer to work in ways that serve equity goals. Their summer learning programs take many shapes and involve creative partnerships customized to meet local needs and circumstances.

Free summer camps help kids stay active

August 20, 2017/in Program Quality, Stories, Summer Learning Loss /by Ezra Denney

Summertime doesn’t always mean kids lounging around the house playing video games once school gets out. Several hundred students, in fact, began their summer vacation by exercising their bodies and brains at two free elementary and middle school camps, thanks to the Napa County Office of Education.

Summer program teaches key skills to prepare children for kindergarten

August 19, 2017/in Program Quality, Stories, Summer Learning Loss /by Ezra Denney

The Summer Pre-K camp, located in several schools in East and West Oakland, runs for four weeks and provides free breakfast and lunch as well as parent-and teacher workshops, home visits and dental screenings. It is financially supported by the non-profit organizations First 5 Alameda County and Oakland Fund for Children and Youth.

The program is part of a renewed effort across California to ensure that children without preschool experience are not at risk of falling behind, as the academic requirements for kindergarten increase. Early education advocates say early learning is critical to success in later grades and that research indicates noticeable gaps in skills often occur before a child enters kindergarten.

Why Fun Matters: The Fight Against Summer Learning Loss

August 19, 2017/in Program Quality, Stories, Summer Learning Loss /by Ezra Denney

Kids are returning to school this month, and according to the National Summer Learning Association, about nine out of 10 teachers will spend as much as three weeks on review because of summer learning loss. That’s something school districts and libraries continually try to fight with academic programs.

End of Summer Program Reflection

August 11, 2017/in Featured, Program Quality, Technical Assistance, Tools /by Ezra Denney

Meeting Objectives to:
Celebrate the accomplishments of program
Generate solutions to common program challenges
Share programs best practices
Apply a strategic management model to turn data into action plans
Determine root causes of performance gaps and develop strategic responses

Meeting Outcomes:
 Participants have identified actions and ideas to improve their program in 2017

End of Summer Program Reflection

August 11, 2017/in Program Quality, Technical Assistance, Tools /by Ezra Denney

Program Quality

Product Review: Using Video Games to Support Learning

Summer Learning – A Smart Investment for California School Districts

Free summer camps help kids stay active

Summer program teaches key skills to prepare children for kindergarten

Why Fun Matters: The Fight Against Summer Learning Loss

End of Summer Program Reflection

End of Summer Program Reflection

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