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	<title>Merit Software Dispatch &#187; summer slide</title>
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		<title>Preventing the Summer Slide</title>
		<link>http://meritdispatch.com/2009/06/preventing-the-summer-slide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[increasing student achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-paced instruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer slide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Preventing the &#8220;summer slide,&#8221; where students lose skills and knowledge during the vacation break — and which, research shows, can severely affect the academic progress of disadvantaged students is very important. During the summer break students can maintain their skills, &#8230; <a href="http://meritdispatch.com/2009/06/preventing-the-summer-slide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Preventing the &#8220;summer slide,&#8221; where <strong>students lose skills and knowledge</strong> during the vacation break — and which, research shows, can severely affect the academic progress of disadvantaged students is very important.</p>
<p>During the summer break students can maintain their skills, and even improve them, with Merit interactive programs.</p>
<p>At the <a href="http://www.meritsoftware.com" target="_blank">Merit web site</a> educators will find products that will <strong>help keep students fresh</strong> so they will be ready to learn when school resumes.</p>
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