summer school
noun
: a school or school session conducted in summer enabling students to accelerate progress toward a diploma or degree, to make up credits lost through absence or failure, or to round out professional education
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Achievement grew even more in districts that spent more of their federal money on academic interventions for learning recovery, such as tutoring or summer school.
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Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Unlike past years where summer school was three hours, the school day will be longer.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
To avoid retention, those students must either pass on a retake, meet exemption standards, win an appeal, enroll in summer school and show adequate growth, or opt into tutoring for the entirety of fourth grade.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 13 June 2024
Players who have not yet announced their transfer destinations may remain in the portal indefinitely though most will finalize plans soon so they can be settled on their new campuses prior to the start of summer school in June.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
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Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Unlike past years where summer school was three hours, the school day will be longer.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
To avoid retention, those students must either pass on a retake, meet exemption standards, win an appeal, enroll in summer school and show adequate growth, or opt into tutoring for the entirety of fourth grade.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 13 June 2024
Players who have not yet announced their transfer destinations may remain in the portal indefinitely though most will finalize plans soon so they can be settled on their new campuses prior to the start of summer school in June.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Summer school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20school. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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