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Cheaper human tutors can be highly effective, studies show

The Hechinger Report

Teaching aides are at least as effective in tutoring as licensed teachers, and far more effective than volunteer tutors, research shows Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. And both sets of paid professionals—aides and teachers—were far more effective than volunteer tutors. But it was based on very few studies.

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

ED Surge

Education technology with built-in lesson recommendations, like WordFlight , can provide teachers with instant access to a detailed view of each student’s progress, including insights about which concepts or skills students should learn next and which of their classmates are ready to learn those concepts too.

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A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time

ED Surge

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., Earlier in their education programs, aspiring educators might engage with students in an after-school program or club. They’re hooked.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Research points to intensive daily tutoring as one of the most effective ways to help academically struggling children catch up. Education researchers have a particular kind of tutoring in mind, what they call “high-dosage” tutoring. The best results occur when tutoring takes place at school during the regular day.

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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

ED Surge

Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China. Here’s my top advice for tutors, parents and anyone looking for a program worthy of investing in.

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What Future Teachers Can Tell Us About Why People Enter the Profession Today

ED Surge

The 10 future teachers we interviewed span different geographies, backgrounds, education experiences and motivations. Some took a traditional path, from high school straight to college and then the classroom. Each story — each person — is unique.

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An AI tutor helped Harvard students learn more physics in less time

The Hechinger Report

A student’s view of PS2 Pal, the AI tutor used in a learning experiment inside Harvard’s physics department. Screenshot courtesy of Gregory Kestin) We are still in the early days of understanding the promise and peril of using generative AI in education. Kestin doesn’t deliver traditional lectures.