Hire the best school year teachers, get assessment data from the school prior to the start of the program, and then share the results of the child’s experience during the summer with the teacher and administrative staff.
Hesse talks about some of the strengths of the standards—learning to write an argument, writing in the sciences—but also warns that they downplay the social and interpersonal aspects of writing.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney talks about the power of educators using a strength-based IEP planning model for students with learning differences like dyslexia and ADHD so that education is not just about what is wrong, but more importantly, what is right.