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Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

ED Surge

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. D to her pupils, sits at a table with one of the young students she tutors as they clap and sing as part of their lesson. Perez started tutoring students around the time the COVID-19 vaccine made it safe to meet in-person. Shes also one of the people having the most fun.

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PROOF POINTS: New studies of online tutoring highlight troubles with attendance and larger tutoring groups

The Hechinger Report

Ever since the pandemic shut down schools in the spring of 2020, education researchers have pointed to tutoring as the most promising way to help kids catch up academically. studies could offer useful guidance to educators. The lesson here with online tutoring is that attendance can be rocky with even during the school day.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. Weekly Update.

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A Year After the Online Tutoring Industry Was Roiled, Teachers Are Still Searching for Stability

ED Surge

Log on to the website for the online tutoring company VIPKid , and a pop-up will appear asking visitors to select which part of the world they’re in. Screenshot from VIPKid homepage) Some of the tutoring companies shut down, with immediate effect. and Canada. and Canada. I keep my time slots open—5 to 10:30 a.m.—but

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PROOF POINTS: Uncertain evidence for online tutoring

The Hechinger Report

How well does online tutoring work? The federal government is pushing schools to spend a big chunk of their $122 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funds on tutoring , but bringing in armies of tutors into school buildings is a logistical nightmare. Online tutoring is a tempting solution.

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A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in

The Hechinger Report

Those are the most recent available admission figures reported to the federal government, and do not include institutions with open admission, which take 100 percent of applicants. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly higher education newsletter.

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How early ed is affected by federal cuts

The Hechinger Report

Last month, my colleague Jill Barshay detailed potentially devastating cuts made to education research when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) terminated 89 contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the Department of Education. That means you’ve lost your tutor.