{"id":51819,"date":"2020-04-13T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=51819"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:49:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:49:50","slug":"will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Will schools make up lost time this summer?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This should be decided by each school district in conjunction with state education agencies. A blanket approach is not the best option, nor an assumption that every school district, even within a state, is addressing the needs of all students in the same manner through online learning. Students in the poorest zip codes and in rural areas where there is a lack of\u00a0connectivity<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0digital divide<\/a>\u00a0are likely to lose the most as schools attempt to finish the year online.<\/p>\n

Many families own cellphones \u2013 about one in four adults living in households earning less than US$30,000 a year have smartphones, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet the homes in many cases\u00a0lack broadband internet access<\/a>. Smartphones don\u2019t offer the same capacity to connect or engage in online learning that computers or even tablets offer.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it is not yet clear how this pandemic will impact the\u00a0summer slide<\/a>, which is the learning that gets lost during summer vacation. New\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0indicates that the \u201cCOVID slide\u201d could be worse than the summer slide.<\/p>\n

Many teachers have reported that a lot of\u00a0kids are absent<\/a>\u00a0for the online classes that are being held in place of regular classes. In most cases this is in areas that lack connectivity and in communities that are\u00a0economically challenged<\/a>. This means many schools and districts will have to plan interventions for children who\u2019ve fallen behind.<\/p>\n

Will COVID-19 become the death of summer vacation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It is possible that it will be the death of summer vacation for this year. As Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, has stated, \u201cYou don\u2019t make the timeline, the virus\u00a0makes the timeline<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This also goes for America\u2019s public schools. Even if school is held this summer, I don\u2019t think the change will be permanent. Schools districts may consider continuing in the summer as an option to remediate students prior to the start of a fall. However, it is unlikely that schools will decide to continue with year-round schooling in future years. Research on year-round school has been mixed, with some studies showing the\u00a0advantages<\/a>, such as year-round remediation and eliminating the boredom during the summer, and other studies showing its\u00a0disadvantages<\/a>, such as impacting family schedules and the higher cost of operating a school throughout the year.<\/p>\n

What is the origin of summer vacation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It has been widely shared that the predominance of agriculture as a main industry dictated the very nature of the school year in the 1800s and early\u00a01900s<\/a>. But at that time, there were no standards for the amount of time spent in schools and certainly not a uniform standard across the U.S. for all public schools regarding the\u00a0school year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In some cases, the farming economy that dominated the U.S. at the time influenced the calendar of the public schools in particular locations. Although the summer \u201coff\u201d makes some sense in terms of the needs of some families to carry out\u00a0farm<\/a>\u00a0work, some argue that school summer vacations have little to do with that and actually more to do with children in\u00a0urban settings<\/a>. In particular, there were concerns about the heat of the summer and the impact on children and teachers in\u00a0un-air-conditioned<\/a>\u00a0buildings. Those that could afford to do so escaped the heat of the city to other places.<\/p>\n

Historically, some schools were open year-round going back to the 1800s. The number of days that children were in schools\u00a0varied<\/a>\u00a0widely<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Education reformers reasoned by the late 19th century that a standard calendar with a summer break would provide an opportunity for students and teachers alike to refocus. It was not until the early 20th century that a standard school calendar was implemented. Today,\u00a0most schools<\/a>\u00a0(about 86%) are on a 9-month calendar with a summer break \u2013 although the length of the summer break and length of the school year varies.<\/p>\n

In the past few decades, state and federal lawmakers have\u00a0debated<\/a>\u00a0whether increasing the length of the school day and school year would positively impact student achievement. Proponents of longer school days and school year\u00a0argue<\/a>\u00a0that the top-performing schools in the world have more hours of school than the U.S. However, this is not\u00a0accurate<\/a>. The National Center for Educational Statistics provides clear data related to the number of hours spent in the classroom in the U.S. as compared to other\u00a0countries<\/a>\u00a0which shows that currently the United States is comparable in the number of hours per day and days per year to other countries around the world.<\/p>\n

Is there really a \u2018summer loss\u2019 that results from summer break?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Some research shows that there is a \u201csummer slide<\/a>,\u201d or a loss of knowledge by students, especially those who lack access to summer camps or other enrichment activities. Some researchers\u00a0suggest<\/a>\u00a0that children could lose up to two or three months during this time off. More current research indicates not all students lose knowledge during the summer, and that summer slide is linked to\u00a0socioeconomic status<\/a>\u00a0and achievement gains during the school\u00a0year<\/a>. The data shows that \u201cthe more students gain during a school year, the more likely they are to\u00a0lose ground<\/a>\u00a0during summer break.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although socioeconomic status plays a role in the slide, it is not the only factor. However, during the current COVID-19 crisis, the children who are disadvantaged currently are those with the lack of internet connectivity and technological resources. They are, in many cases, disadvantaged by poverty. This inequity must be addressed.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Jon Pedersen is Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will schools make up lost time this summer? This should be decided by each school district in conjunction with state education agencies. A blanket approach is not the best option, nor an assumption that every school district, even within a state, is addressing the needs of all students in the same manner through online learning. […]\n… learn more→<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":51820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15645],"tags":[351632],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-51819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-summer-break"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWill COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Will schools make up lost time this summer? This should be decided by each school district in conjunction with state education agencies. A blanket approach is not the best option, nor an assumption that every school district, even within a state, is addressing the needs of all students in the same manner through online learning. […]\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\"},\"headline\":\"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":955,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/death-of-summer-vacation.png\",\"keywords\":[\"summer break\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Education\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/death-of-summer-vacation.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/death-of-summer-vacation.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/death-of-summer-vacation.png\",\"width\":680,\"height\":320},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/\",\"name\":\"World leading higher education information and services\",\"description\":\"Global Higher Education Jobs, University jobs, Lecturer & tenure jobs.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\",\"name\":\"Kevin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g8ba4c352a279c450aa9435d770c1ebf4\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kevin\"},\"description\":\"Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/author\\\/kevin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services","og_description":"Will schools make up lost time this summer? This should be decided by each school district in conjunction with state education agencies. A blanket approach is not the best option, nor an assumption that every school district, even within a state, is addressing the needs of all students in the same manner through online learning. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/","og_site_name":"World leading higher education information and services","article_published_time":"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kevin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kevin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/"},"author":{"name":"Kevin","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee"},"headline":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?","datePublished":"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/"},"wordCount":955,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png","keywords":["summer break"],"articleSection":["Education"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/","name":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation? - World leading higher education information and services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png","datePublished":"2020-04-13T20:49:49+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-13T20:49:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/death-of-summer-vacation.png","width":680,"height":320},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/will-covid-19-be-the-death-of-summer-vacation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/world.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Will COVID-19 be the death of summer vacation?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/","name":"World leading higher education information and services","description":"Global Higher Education Jobs, University jobs, Lecturer & tenure jobs.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee","name":"Kevin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g8ba4c352a279c450aa9435d770c1ebf4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kevin"},"description":"Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.","sameAs":["https:\/\/world.edu"],"url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/author\/kevin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51819"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}