This woman is bringing awareness of the 'summer slide' of academic skills and giving out books to highlight the importance of reading. Experts warn the slide could be much worse this year because of the pandemic, especially for kids in low-income areas.
With kids forced into virtual learning for the last third of the school year, experts warn the normal"summer slide" -- students forgetting academic skills over the summer -- could be much worse this year because of the pandemic.
The slide could be even worse for kids in low-income areas where internet access, learning devices and books are not easy to come by.That's what led Chrishawndra Matthews, a single working mother and founder of the nonprofit Literacy in the H.O.O.D. to start the hashtag #NoCoronaSummerSlide. Matthews is worried"when children go back to school or whenever they go back, they won't be on the same grade level as when they left in March.
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