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Researchers have lacked consensus on the severity — and existence of — summer learning loss, but some teachers said they’ve seen participating students improve academically. Pittsburgh Public School's summer out-of-school time program aims to combat learning loss with instruction and fun activities ([link removed]) .
August Wilson imagined a Black mayor in his 2005 play, “Radio Golf.” Nearly 20 years later, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is performing the work at Wilson’s childhood home ([link removed]) — but the ending remains unresolved.
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School is out for the summer, but these students were participating in the district’s free Summer B.O.O.S.T. program, a monthlong offering that ended July 26. The program, which the district has operated for years, is designed to prevent summer learning loss and help students build relationships “that put youth on track for their future academic success.”
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