First Lady, Education Secretary visit Georgia summer learning program

First Lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited a summer learning program in Georgia on Thursday. The site is located on the University of Georgia’s campus in Athens but is part of a program called Horizons Atlanta.

The visit was part of a trip by the administration to highlight summer learning programs across the country that received money from the American Rescue Plan, a stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden in 2021.

Horizons is a national program with several Atlanta locations. It began by focusing on summer learning to help students from lower-income households combat the “summer slide,” where kids can lose months’ worth of learning over the summer months. In recent years, it became year-round.