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PROOF POINTS: Many schools are buying on-demand tutoring but a study finds that few students are using it

The Hechinger Report

Like hundreds of school districts, Aspire purchased an online tutoring service for the spring of 2021 to help these students. Students could log in to the tutoring service, called Paper , whenever they wanted, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and connect with a tutor to help with schoolwork in any subject.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

Before, out-of-school suspension risked academic setback for students, says Dr. Robinson, since it was sometimes logistically difficult to arrange tutors. Flexible Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding meant the college could offer the program tuition-free. This was a real awakening.”

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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

The Hechinger Report

The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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OPINION: Time to stop weeding out first- and second-year STEM students and ending careers before they begin

The Hechinger Report

They are also diverse in their ethnicity, gender and economic status. These structures exist in first-year writing seminars at many colleges, where students get dedicated tutoring and institutional resources to help them succeed.

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Unintentional Teachers: Looking beyond vocation to attract people into the teaching profession

Becoming a History Teacher

However, I know from speaking to my tutees that many prospective teachers are actually more like my 21-year-old self than they are prepared to admit to an admissions tutor. often share a higher burden of economic disadvantage. Take that away and you lose a key aspect of what makes the job attractive.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools keep buying online drop-in tutoring. The research doesn’t support it

The Hechinger Report

The Biden Administration has urged schools to use tutoring. Many schools have purchased an online version that gives students 24/7 access to tutors. Students never see their tutors or hear their voices. Low uptake The main problem is that on-demand tutoring relies on students to seek extra help. Very few do.

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PROOF POINTS: Early data on ‘high-dosage’ tutoring shows schools are sometimes finding it tough to deliver even low doses

The Hechinger Report

Schools report that students are receiving more tutoring sessions when they’re scheduled during the school day without competing instructional activities at the same time. Tutoring is by far the most effective way to help children catch up at school, according to rigorous research studies.

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