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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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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. It’s a long road of recovery.” Read the stories.

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How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average

The Hechinger Report

He took college classes for credit, received tutoring and advising and learned about other services available on campus and where to find them. “I Related: Interested in innovations in the field of higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly Higher Education newsletter. It’s a stubborn and complicated question. “I

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

ED Surge

Since the sudden arrival of ChatGPT just a few months ago, there’s renewed interest in using AI chatbots as tutors. Some researchers are exploring one that might sound trivial but actually could be quite thorny: What should these computer-generated educational assistants look and sound like?

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Can Interactive Whiteboards Revitalize Online High-Dose Tutoring?

ED Surge

After the pandemic, the nationwide adoption of online high-dose tutoring was expected to address deepening educational disparities. Additionally, it gained attention for its ability to provide high-quality education in regions with inadequate supplies of teachers, especially in higher-grade STEM education.

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PROOF POINTS: The life of an online tutor can resemble that of an assembly line worker

The Hechinger Report

Leo Salvatore is one of 3,000 online tutors for the company Paper, whose business has boomed with the pandemic. While he applies to graduate school, the affable 23-year-old holds a part-time job that barely existed before the pandemic: online tutor. A couple of times, Salvatore recalled, he tutored as many as seven students at once.

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Some Money Pouring into ‘High-Dose’ Tutoring Is Going to Less-Researched Models. Is That a Problem?

ED Surge

Last year, when concern over the pandemic’s effects on education was at its peak, school districts turned to high-dose tutoring, a regular and intensive form of small-group tutoring. There’s a lot of evidence that high-dose tutoring improves reading and math performance, such as this study from Brown University.

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