
SAIL Donors Fund over $200,000 to Halt Summer Learning Loss
Huntsville, AL – The North Alabama Summer Adventures in Learning (SAIL) pilot program that works to reverse summer learning loss debuted May 2017 as a collective impact project made possible by the financial support of community funders. On average, low-income students lose two to three months in reading aptitude and two months of math skills each summer, while their higher-income peers make slight gains. These are cumulative losses resulting in an academic achievement gap of