Researchers lack consensus on the severity of summer learning loss, but some Pittsburgh Public teachers said they’ve seen summer program particants improve academically. PPS's Summer B.O.O.S.T. aims to combat learning loss with instruction and fun activities. 

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PPS summer programming boosts learning, teaches kindness

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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