School’s out: A series about the summer
By Katy Murphy
Monday, June 20th, 2011 at 4:04 pm in achievement gap, families, health, safety, students, teens.
As an education writer, I like the summer — and not because I get to file all my stories poolside (though that’s not a bad idea…). I like it because it sometimes gives me a break from breaking news, which means I get to work on projects.
I have a few up my sleeve, and I’m especially excited about one of them: a print and multimedia series about the summer, itself.
You can find the first story (print only) here.
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June 21st, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Just a reminder about two really great Summer programs, both free for Oakland teens:
Bay Area Urban Debate League Summer Institute — August 1-5 at Westlake Middle School
http://baudl.org/2011/05/come-join-us-for-the-2011-baudl-summer-institute-august-1-5/
Oakland Peace Camp:
http://www.oaklandleaf.org/html/opc.html
Dates: June 27 – July 15, 2011
Location: ASCEND School
June 27th, 2011 at 6:39 am
Now that the life has been sucked out of school with little to no art, music, science, etc, it frightens me to think of summer as more of the same. I advocate high quality programs for these, which is what we had when I was growing up. Inexpensive summer camps, recreation programs at the school sites, fun summer classes in the arts or science.