NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOC INC
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Mission Statement
For nearly 30 years, NSLA has worked to combat summer learning loss and close the achievement and opportunity gaps which research shows grows most dramatically between lower and higher income students over the summer months. Our vision is, and always has been, to ensure all young people in America, regardless of background, income, and zip-code, can participate in and benefit from a high-quality summer learning experience, every year. NSLA supports and collaborates with a broad and ever-growing network of 25,000+ leaders of school districts, youth serving government agencies, non-profit and corporate partners from across the country focused on improving the lives of youth.
About This Cause
Since our founding as Teach Baltimore, NSLA has worked to combat summer learning loss and close achievement and opportunity gaps which research shows grow most dramatically between lower and higher income students over the summer. Coined by NSLA in seminal research, “summer slide” and “summer learning” are now part of our education vernacular, due in part to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on young people. NSLA believes that the summer months are both the most unequal and entrepreneurial times in all of education. The organization has grown into a national leader in the Out of School Time (OST) field with a robust and diverse network of 25,000+ leaders from state education agencies and school districts, youth serving government agencies, nonprofits, and community-based organizations across the country focused in improving the lives of youth. While our work benefits all young people, we have a special focus on supporting access to programs for the 29.9 million young people who qualify for the National School Lunch program, a proxy for poverty. As a national intermediary organization, NSLA helps to design, implement, and sustain evidence-based summer learning programs. NSLA achieves this through five strategic priorities: Program Quality, Partnerships, Policy, Public Awareness, and People (Leadership Development). NSLA manages and administers the Excellence in Summer Learning Awards, which recognize and elevate the most exemplary and innovative summer learning programs in the country.