Most college access programs are familiar with both the concept of summer melt and how to combat it, but K-12 districts and schools addressing this phenomenon remains relatively uncommon. A new NCAN brief offers insights and lessons from K-12 practitioners who implemented a text messaging intervention for summer melt prevention. District and school leaders, school counselors, and other K-12 practitioners considering how to help their graduating seniors take their next steps should consult this new resource.

On this webinar, hear more about Text Steps, a project piloted by Ascendium Education Group in 2015 and expanded to 13 school districts in Wisconsin between 2018 and 2020. Its goal was to combat summer melt through a texting program. The webinar considers the experiences of district- and school-level practitioners in planning and implementing a summer melt intervention. There are broad lessons for practitioners about advisable approaches and avoidable pitfalls while pursuing similar efforts elsewhere.

Join Dr. Irene M. Sanchez, the brief's author, as well as NCAN staff to hear more about summer melt prevention resources and get a jumpstart on next summer's programming.

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