In the sixth episode of A Hot Time for Summer Learning, Wallace explores how two districts, Oklahoma’s Eufaula Public Schools and California’s Mountain Empire Unified School District, innovatively transform and expand high-quality summer learning opportunities amid the unique needs and context of their vibrant rural communities.

In the fifth episode of A Hot Time for Summer Learning, Wallace spotlights how, Alabama’s Tuscaloosa City Schools and New Jersey’s Newark Public Schools have completely re-imagined their summer learning programs, shifting from traditional summer school models to engaging, evidence-based experiences that help students learn and build new interests and skills.

How two musicians are using the Wallace-commissioned Connected Arts Learning Framework to engage young people and help them discover identities and communities.

In the fourth episode of A Hot Time for Summer Learning, Wallace examines how Texas districts are finding ways to sustain high-quality and engaging summer learning programs in the face of funding changes. School district leaders from Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex discuss the significance of community outreach and support in promoting the need for and benefits of summer learning programs. They share how heightened public awareness and program engagement have led to an increased understanding of summer learning’s value, particularly among teachers, students and families who experienced the program and are eager to preserve it.

In this episode of Beyond the Classroom, student and adult researchers explore various strategies for building a sense of belonging and inclusion in OST spaces, beginning with centering the youth voice in the program’s design.

. In this episode of Beyond the Classroom, student researchers and OST practitioners discuss some of the most common barriers to participation in OST programs, from a lack of transportation to the inability to afford program fees, and what can be done to address them.

In this episode of Beyond the Classroom, researchers and practitioners discuss strategies for addressing these challenges in order to more effectively recruit and retain skilled youth workers.

In this episode, Wallace explores a summer learning-focused state network led by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Summer Learning Association.

The second episode of A Hot Time for Summer Learning focuses on the role that partnerships and intermediary organizations play in supporting afterschool and summer learning opportunities for young people.

The first episode focuses on the evidence base for summer learning and what we’ve learned about high-quality programming over the years. Part 2 focuses on communitywide approaches to summer learning and how summer learning can be an essential component of pandemic learning recovery.