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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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Nermine Anis

Project Management Consultant
B.A. in business administration, Helwan University; Diploma in corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University

Jeremy Arkes

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin

Catherine H. Augustine

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. and M.A. in education, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University

Ahmed Baghdady

Research Project Manager
M.Sc. in educational leadership, University of Leicester

Kirsten Becker

Survey Director
M.S. in international health, Harvard University; B.A. in health and society, Brown University

Megan K. Beckett

Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Michigan; M.H.S.A. in health services management and policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health; B.A. in psychology, Willamette University

Robert Bozick

Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in sociology, University of Maryland-College Park; B.A. in sociology, Ohio University

Susan Burkhauser

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in management, Cornell University

Dwayne M. Butler

Management Scientist
Ed.D. in adult & continuing education, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in organization and management, Capella University; M.S. in administration, Central Michigan University; B.A. in economics, Rutgers University; B.A. in Spanish, Rutgers University

Stephen J. Carroll

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Johns Hopkins University; M.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology; B.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology

Jose Castillo

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, University of Chile/University of Chicago; M.A. in economics and finance of aging, Tilburg University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

Kevin Chlebik

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy analysis, Pepperdine University; M.S. and B.S. in mathematics, Purdue University

Jack Clift

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. (Ph.D. candidate) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, Universit of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in literae humaniores, University of Oxford

Louay Constant

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in public policy and administration, University of Kentucky

Shelly Culbertson

Senior Research Manager
M.P.A. in international relations and development studies, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.Phil. in political science and philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

Ashlesha Datar

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics

Julie DaVanzo

Senior Economist; Demographer
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Jacob W. Dembosky

Project Associate
B.A. in political science, Penn State University; M.A. in public policy/admin/analysis, University of Maryland

Fabian Duarte

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in economics, University of Chile; M.A. in economics, Yale University; M.Phil. in economics, Yale University; Ph.D. in economics, Yale University

Shira Efron

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in biology, Tel Aviv University; M.A in international affairs, New York University

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