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This math tutoring program gets ‘blockbuster’ results in high-poverty schools

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

The world’s wealthiest families have known for centuries how effective tutoring is. Private tutors long educated the aristocracy and continue to supplement the education of kids whose families can afford it. Now, a national nonprofit has found a way to get tutoring to kids from poorer families, too.

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OPINION: In an era of teacher shortages, we must embrace and develop new ways to unleash educator talent

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Related: To fight teacher shortages, some states are looking to community colleges to train a new generation of educators The traditional perception of teachers as the sole arbiters of knowledge, dispensed within school buildings from 8 a.m. But we haven’t formalized these roles as part of every child’s educational experience.

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OPINION: Inequality is still at the heart of student NAEP score performance

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

While it is good news that these results are lighting a fire under the education policy world and highlighting the particular need among students of color, the traditional approach to improving results — more math, more reading, more pressure — seems dubious at best. The pandemic created disastrous academic deficits for U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: Leading dyslexia treatment isn’t a magic bullet, studies find, while other options show promise

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But two recent academic papers, synthesizing dozens of reading studies, are raising questions about the effectiveness of these expensive education policies. Many dyslexia advocates remain loyal to Orton-Gillingham, McHale-Small said, because so many parents have kids whom they believe were helped by Orton-Gillingham tutors.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Participating students receive 90 percent of what the state would spend to educate them at a public school; children with disabilities can access much higher funding. Families can spend their ESAs on almost any education-related expenses, such as private school tuition, tutoring and homeschool supplies.

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As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Wealthier families have also been able to pay for tutoring, private college counselors and test prep; although submitting tests is optional at more than 1,650 colleges and universities this year, families are convinced a good score can still help in admission. Related: Number of rural students planning on going to college plummets.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. Once again, the technology acts as a placeholder.

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Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Addressing these graduation gaps will probably be expensive and involve more financial aid, tutoring and advising for students. The bar charts below show the raw and adjusted graduation gaps for institutions in Virginia and Connecticut. For Virginia, the researchers were able to reveal the names of the colleges, but not for Connecticut.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. He relied on the advantages offered by this vehicle, and the Global Teaching Project launched the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access in 2017.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. Traditional institutions have treated adults “as a kind of afterthought,” he said.

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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

It’s about making sure they come back from one year to the next,” said Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor of higher education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education. At some types of institutions, they’re flat or getting worse, according to the data.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

Remedial education, which forces some college students to re-take math and English they should have learned in high school, is being eliminated in states including Florida and California. That’s depriving them of a big chunk of their educations, said Peter Huidekoper Jr., Students work on an assignment in a high school civics class.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

For example, while students of color make up 14 percent of Minnesota high school grads, they account for only 7 percent of freshmen at the flagship University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, according to a report by the nonpartisan Institute for Higher Education Policy. Rethinking remedial education. They get through faster.”.

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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2019

Reardon, a sociologist, says the growing achievement gaps he has found stem from increasing income inequality in our society and the decisions of many rich parents to invest more in their kids, from private tutors to after-school programs. What Chmielewski is discovering is a big deal for researchers in education.

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Transitioning with Grace and Gratitude

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I learned about local organizations that support migrants, and I became a volunteer tutor for high school immigrants and refugees in Oakland, California, through a nonprofit organization that supports refugee and immigrant youth. In time, Keyla felt comfortable enough with me to seek help outside the traditional tutoring role of the program.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In Nevada, in fact, parents can spend state education dollars any way they please — on private, public, online, part-time and full-time schools, on tutoring and extra books — through education savings accounts, which an advocate for them calls “the purest form of educational freedom.”.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Ariel Gilreath School choice Expanding school choice through private-school vouchers has been a key part of Trump’s education policy, but he had little success in getting his most ambitious efforts passed by Congress. One early accomplishment came via the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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This math tutoring program gets ‘blockbuster’ results in high-poverty schools

OPINION: In an era of teacher shortages, we must embrace and develop new ways to unleash educator talent

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OPINION: Inequality is still at the heart of student NAEP score performance

PROOF POINTS: Leading dyslexia treatment isn’t a magic bullet, studies find, while other options show promise

Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants

The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

Transitioning with Grace and Gratitude

Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

What education could look like under Trump and Vance

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