There’s no denying that teachers everywhere are feeling a little burnt out as the year ends, but there are many ways to keep your students focused and engaged until the very end that don’t include searching through YouTube for another video to watch.

Research shows that students can lose two months of math skills every summer and that two-thirds of the achievement gap in reading between low-income students and their middle-income peers can be attributed to summer learning loss in elementary school. Because of this, 9 in 10 teachers spend at least three weeks re-teaching lessons when school begins again. Why accept summer learning loss when you can overcome it with Study Island?

We all know that teachers’ budgets can be tight and that many educators spend their own money.