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As the 2017 MLB season nears the All-Star Break and the ensuing dog days of summer, students across the country are ending school and likely soon to forget much of what they just learned.
To counter this effect, MLB and education technology company EVERFI have created “Summer Slugger,” an online course aimed at 4th- and 5th-graders that helps them retain basic skills like math and vocabulary.
“Each fall, teachers spend an average of 6 weeks re-teaching their students old material that was lost during the summer months. This summer slide creates long-term consequences that only widens the achievement gap particularly for students from low-income communities,” EVERFI CEO Tom Davidson said in a statement.