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Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

The Hechinger Report

Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. A lot of times, [parents] let it go for a long time because it’s culturally acceptable to be bad at math,” said Heather Brand, a math specialist and operations manager for the tutoring organization Made for Math.

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PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. Devoting the extra time to a daily dose of tutoring seems most promising. But tutoring can work equally well even when the school day isn’t lengthened. What you do with the time matters.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Some also record those lessons for students who can’t meet at the appointed hour. Public Schools offer on-demand online tutoring sessions. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. The Richmond (Va.)

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NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The Hechinger Report

The district gave all kindergarten through second-grade teachers scripted lesson plans featuring phonics. So, Hampton taught herself how to teach phonics, and devoted much of her time to tutoring her students in reading. “As They were told to implement them immediately.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

As Rand earned community service hours tutoring children, she wondered if teaching was in her future. The nonprofit advocacy group EdBuild’s recommendations to increase funding for students who are impoverished, have a disability or are learning English “made sense,” Wright added. “It She was named “Ms.