(Source: District of Columbia Public Schools) WASHINGTON, DC - Today, in partnership with District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) and children's literacy nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), DC Public Schools (DCPS) kicked off an exciting summer of learning and exploration with a "Summer Book Jam" and Lego "Build Your Lego Dream" contest. The kickoff was held at J.C Nalle Elementary School with first-grade students, where students received free books and Lego sets and signed up for the DCPL summer reading challenge. Research shows that "summer learning loss" disproportionately affects low-income students. As much as 80 percent of students from economically...
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