Dallas City of Learning Summer 2019 Summary

More than 700 program partners participated

2,735 programs were offered

95% of programs offered were free for participants

Total youths served = 68,303

2,993,300 cumulative hours of programming were provided

30+ days of student participation delivers the greatest impact

Multi-year participation is better for student outcomes

Key Outcomes

With every 10 days of Dallas City of learning programming:

Elementary school students are 25 percent more likely to pass STAAR math

Elementary school students are 35 percent more likely to pass STAAR reading

High school students are 40 percent more likely to pass End of

Course English 1

The Dallas City of Learning summer program is most effective when partners are offering programming on a long- term and consistent basis. Big Thought, the Dallas City of Learning program manager, is currently looking to extend existing partnerships for next year as well as recruiting new program partners for the summer 2020 program.

For more information about becoming a Dallas City of Learning partner, please visit: dallascityoflearning.org/ partner.

Dallas City of Learning is supported by a strong network of funding partners. To see the full list, please visit: https:// dallascityoflearning.org/about.

 

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