COLUMBIA, S.C. — As students enjoy their summer vacation, some caregivers are concerned about the “Summer Slide” -- when children’s learning falls backward during the months they are not in school.

School might be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean all the stuff your kids learned during the last academic year needs to take a one-way trip to Neverland. Parents, you know what I’m talking ...

School is out, the mercury is climbing at a record pace, and young people across America are at risk of losing the reading and math skills they learned during the academic year. In an average year, ...