There’s a chill in the air. Teachers are hanging snowflakes in their classrooms. It’s time to start thinking about your summer learning program, according to a recent RAND Corporation report, Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success (Augustine, McCombs, Schwartz, & Zakaras, 2013). The publication is the second report in what is expected to be a series culling lessons from a project in six school districts to determine whether district summer programs can boost student achievement. The report — which, like the project, was funded by The Wallace Foundation — offers guidance on how to start a districtwide summer program from scratch or improve an existing program as well as lessons on professional learning unique to summer. That guidance should come in