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Investment in Summer Learning Programs Can Help Stop the 'Summer Slide'

The loss of knowledge and educational skills during the summer is cumulative over the course of a student's career and further widens the achievement gap between low- and upper-income students. Those who attend summer programs can disrupt that loss and do better in school.

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Jennifer J. Li

Communications Analyst
Ph.D. and M.A. in linguistics, UC Los Angeles; B.A. in linguistics, Cornell University

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Dahlia S. Lichter

Project Associate
B.A. in anthropology, University of Florida; M.A. in Latin American Studies, George Washington University

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J. R. Lockwood

Senior Statistician
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in environmental science and policy, Duke University

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Julia F. Lowell

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in economics, Wellesley College

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Regan Main

Research Programmer
B.A. in economics, University of Colorado

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Shannon Maloney

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P., University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in biopsychology, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Georgette Mansour

Research Coordinator
B.S. in biology, American University of Beirut; Teaching Diploma in science education, American University of Beirut

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Louis T. Mariano

Statistician
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in math and statistics, American University

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Paco Martorell

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, UC Berkeley; B.A. in economics and mathematics, Carleton College

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Daniel F. McCaffrey

PNC Chair in Policy Analysis; Senior Statistician
Ph.D. in statistics, North Carolina State University; B.A. in mathematics and economics, Mount Saint Mary's College

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Kevin F. McCarthy

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Wisconsin; B.A. in government, Wesleyan University

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Jennifer Sloan McCombs

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public policy, The George Washington University; B.A. in East Asian studies, College of William and Mary

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Kata Mihaly

Associate Economist
Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, Duke University; B.S. in policy analysis, Cornell University

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Jeremy N. V. Miles

Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. in quantitative psychology, University of Derby, United Kingdom

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Joy S. Moini

Senior Project Associate
M.P.P. in public policy, Georgetown University; B.A. in urban studies, Loyola Marymount University

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Caron Murray

Director of Operations, RAND Education

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Scott Naftel

Statistical/Quantitative Project Associate
M.A. in public policy/admin/analysis, University of Alabama; B.A. in political science, University of Alabama

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Erik Nemeth

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in vision science, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in computer science, University of California, Berkeley

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C. Richard Neu

Senior Economist
B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University; M.A. in economics, Harvard University

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Cora Neumann

Adjunct
M.P.H. in public health, Columbia University; B.A. in political science, University of New Mexico; D.Phil (expected) in international development, University of Oxford, UK

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