ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., Later, they may do one-on-one or small group tutoring. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C.

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ED Surge

APRIL 2, 2025

This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich but insight-poor. Institutions struggle with more than just technical challenges; they also face cultural and organizational barriers.

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EdTech K-12 Educational Technology Tutoring 62

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The announcement that Zovio would sell its OPM was made during an earnings call in which Zovio’s leadership reported second-quarter losses of $4.7 million , and the company has shed other assets—including its popular tutoring business, TutorMe, which it sold to GoGuardian for $55 million in May. But ITT Technical Institute, Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2022

As enrollment elsewhere continues to erode, “there’s a lot of dialogue going on, and many, many more senior leadership teams are confronting the big questions,” he said. Still, MECA&D and the handful of other institutions that are making wholesale changes appear to be exceptions to that longstanding culture of inertia.

Leadership 142

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Charter School Heritage Education K-12 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

” CPRS is taking a leadership role in identifying, testing and replicating effective school counseling and college advising models and practices that can drive successful postsecondary outcomes and increase students’ economic mobility. and is the author of the book How to Tutor Your Own Child (2011).

Social Justice 111

Social Justice Tutoring Cultures Leadership 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

The thought of a classroom driven by an AI tutor, curriculum being curated by algorithms or administrative tasks being managed entirely by AI tools, while fascinating prospects, can incite anxiety and fear among educators. They are time-honored leadership strategies that are quite relevant for our modern, rapidly evolving education workforce.

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Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Adopting a theme like sustainability, the arts, or math and science can cement a middle school’s culture, give coherence to its curricula, and boost student engagement at a time when many students are losing interest in school.

Middle School 139

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

Her mom said Tye’s school, McDonogh 35 Senior High School, wasn’t giving her the academic support she needed to improve her score, so Mansion had to go elsewhere for help — taking Tye to programs at the local university, and paying for private tutoring. “We Lewis said he’s aware the leadership changes have been frustrating.

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Charter School High School Cultures Public School 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2020

It would be further validation of a shift in both school culture and expectations that many say was long overdue. While bringing in a new principal may seem like an easy and obvious solution, research shows that the disruptions caused by changes in leadership can actually reduce student performance, at least in the short term.

Middle School 101

Middle School High School Tutoring Cultures 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Efforts to recruit teacher candidates from the local community date back to the 1990s, but programs have “exploded” in number over the past five years, said Danielle Edwards, assistant professor of educational leadership, policy and workforce development at Old Dominion University in Virginia.

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Elementary School Tutoring High School Leadership 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Many are taking steps to diversify their faculty and staff and training them in “cultural competency.”. Compared to their white peers, students of color are more likely to attend low-performing public primary and secondary schools with inexperienced teachers and high leadership turnover. They are still behind .

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Tutoring Economics Sociology High School 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. It also added parent and student liaisons who would have a voice in the leadership of the project. And a lot of times [my child] has tutoring.

High School 126

High School K-12 Public School Library 126

Ben Newmark

JANUARY 26, 2024

Teachers aren’t private tutors, and don’t typically teach children one-on-one, which makes teaching strategies designed to work in this context of limited use to a typical mainstream teacher. What might be a very helpful suggestion for an adult working with just one child can be terrible advice for a teacher teaching a class of twenty-nine.

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Pedagogy Tutoring Teaching Humanities 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She tutored other kids from public housing. We underestimated the cultural gaps between the communities our students come from and the more elite highly selective institutions that a lot of people got placed into.”. She trawled the dictionary for new words and spent school bus rides proofreading friends’ papers.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

Ben Newmark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Teachers aren’t private tutors, and don’t typically teach children one-on-one, which makes teaching strategies designed to work in this context of limited use to a typical mainstream teacher – what might be a helpful suggestion for an adult working with just one child can be terrible advice for a teacher teaching a class of twenty-nine.

Teaching 72

Teaching Humanities Leadership Tutoring 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Wylie, who has trained in therapeutic crisis intervention, now works with kids in grades 6 to 12 who have been suspended from their home schools and are attending tutoring at the district’s Washington Irving Educational Center, where the diversion program is housed. Credit: Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report.

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Tutoring Middle School High School Advocacy 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2018

When they arrive on campus, college culture also makes a difference to the number of black and Hispanic students pursuing STEM degrees Experts and students say colleges and universities, especially STEM research institutions, aren’t doing enough to ensure that students of color don’t switch majors or drop out entirely. “The

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Tutoring Leadership Cultures High School 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Meanwhile, many districts and schools continue to believe they can hire their way out of the teacher diversity problem—if they acknowledge it’s a problem at all—and fail to take on the hard work of transforming school culture. “I think my voice was heard at Lusher—until it was something they didn’t want to hear.”

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

The challenging work of leadership will not get easier in this next chapter of American education, just different. Increase students’ access to tutoring, after school activities and interventions to help address lost instructional time. Yet here we are. Connect each high school student to at least one co-curricular activity.

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K-12 Education Government Tutoring 121

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Starting when he was in middle school, I could have taken a stronger role in overseeing his schoolwork by editing his papers, re-teaching certain subjects and hiring tutors in others. In high school, we could have hired one-on-one tutors to prepare him for standardized tests. I could have checked his online gradebooks daily.

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Tutoring Middle School Leadership Education Policy 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The culture was pretty toxic when we got here,” said Roark, who began at the school as a guidance counselor in 2008. “To The culture was pretty toxic when we got here. Another deal with Berea College brought close to a dozen AmeriCorps volunteers into the school to act as tutors and help support students through tough personal issues.

High School 76

High School Library Public School Charter School 76

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround. He has proven leadership,” she said. Student outcomes improved. The graduation rate rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020.

Education 111

Education Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

We have classroom tutors now. The Philadelphia school district is among many nationwide facing a leadership change. There’s just so much that’s been shaken up in our country, in our culture, in our education system. Our district has realized some of our challenges. They have put extra support in place to support us.

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Oral History History High School Public School 122

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2016

At Match, the finish line won’t come till the end of May, when seniors reveal their college choices at a dramatic “signing day” ceremony before family members, counselors, tutors and nearly all the adults in their spacious and sunny school building. In its best form, the tutoring is tailored to what the student needs to be successful.

Tutoring 106

Tutoring Charter School High School Sociology 106

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Her teachers at Havasupai Elementary School often asked Siyuja to tutor younger students and sometimes even let her run their classrooms. He also pitched a new, five-year strategic direction that will emphasize tribal sovereignty and cultural education both promises the bureau made in its reform agenda more than a decade ago.

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Education Elementary School Government K-12 118

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Days are filled with lecture, discussion sections, study groups, campus events, leadership activities, internships and the list goes on. They gained early exposure to writing, math and science, understanding how to resolve intergroup conflict and striving to understand, as part of a racially, ethnically and culturally diverse group of peers.

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Tutoring Leadership Economics Cultures 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Yet the Latinx On The Rise Mentoring Program — which is organized by the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council in northwest Arkansas and counts the University of Arkansas as a partner and supporter — still matches Hispanic students with professionals. Targeted programs in and of themselves were not necessarily a problem, the letter said.

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Social Justice Leadership Economics Tutoring 105