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This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich but insight-poor.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.
Federal and state policymakers have since suggested various solutions — from increasing access to tutoring to boosting teacher pay. However, one of our greatest potential solutions is often missed in the national conversation: providing professionaldevelopment for principals. Most of all, they set a school’s vision and culture.
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.
Summer and after-school programming, tutoring, truancy intervention, teacher hiring and training, and improved data systems are all part of the solution. But some respondents noted that “any professionaldevelopment for technology is the barest it can be to save time and money.”
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.
A retired math teacher who lived a half mile up the road from my family, he opened his home to me every Wednesday afternoon for tutoring. AARP’s Experience Corps , which engages older adults in tutoring elementary-aged children in high-need elementary schools, shows similar results for older children.
There were stories of teachers who went to every game, teachers who stayed late to tutor students without extra pay, those who made home visits or chaperoned every field trip. I sat there looking at the pyramid, listening to the presenter’s anecdotes about teachers who went the extra mile.
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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. Addressing these emotions openly and candidly was key in our journey.
Some are turning to tutoring (which, if done well, can be effective ), while others are expanding after school programs. Educators underwent a year of professionaldevelopment, and then searched for a curriculum that aligned with their new understanding.
Students spend the rest of their time at resource centers receiving in-person instruction or tutoring. At-risk students receive support from teams of individuals who care, the schools have a strong culture of teacher-driven professionaldevelopment and the result is a high level of student and staff engagement, they say.
Increase students’ access to tutoring, after school activities and interventions to help address lost instructional time. Establish parent engagement teams with culturally competent family school liaisons to ensure families have a voice in their neighborhood schools. Boldly address opportunity and achievement gaps in PreK-12 schools.
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. She has worked in Mississippi for years, first as a tutor and then as an assistant teacher.
Harper went to a professionaldevelopment day at one of the district’s lowest-performing elementary schools. Seidenberg knows of a child who was struggling so much with reading that her mother paid for a private tutor. “We have to change the culture of education from one based on beliefs to one based on facts.”
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