America reads summer challenge. Schools reassess school safety policies. Guide for schools. The goal is to fend off summer reading drop-off. Riley cited numerous studies that found students' summer reading drop-off has predictable, negative consequences for student achievement, particularly for disadvantaged children.
Projects pairs children with tutors to encourage summer reading.
Children are encouraged to read for 30 minutes each day, five days a week, for 8 weeks. At least one of those days, the child reads with an adult partner. The child also is helped to obtain and use a library card. Upon completion of the program, the child earns a coupon for a free pizza from Pizza Hut. When the program began, many public school libraries had been suffering from benign neglect, particularly in low-income neighborhoods.