Elementary School Humanities Tutoring 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 30, 2018
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.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 4, 2017
In this file photo, a student reads in a Mississippi elementary school. In 2010, a year after Andrea Pastchal-Smith became principal of West Elementary School, formerly named West Oktibbeha County Elementary, the struggling school earned an “Academic Watch” rating from the state. Choose as many as you like.
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ED Surge
JULY 2, 2024
But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And he says the lab is committed to sharing what it learns.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2020
Carr, 21, began tutoring the rising fifth grader in mid-June, shortly after wrapping up his junior year at Middle Tennessee State University. Victor had made lots of progress in math since he began meeting twice a week with Carr at a Nashville-area Boys & Girls Club through an ad hoc, statewide tutoring initiative.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2023
“A lot of times, [parents] let it go for a long time because it’s culturally acceptable to be bad at math,” said Heather Brand, a math specialist and operations manager for the tutoring organization Made for Math. To do this well, they often need small-group or one-on-one teaching, which is non-existent in many schools’ math instruction.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Most of its applications, though, are either geared toward students (better tutoring solutions, for instance), or aimed at making quick, on-the-spot lesson plans for teachers. Keara Phipps, an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, says that TeachFX showed her she “talked too much” in her classes.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
A separate study of elementary school classrooms found that kids were “off-task” more than a quarter of the time. However, it’s also possible that interactive software, such as the Guru Tutor used in this experiment, is relatively more engaging. Solutions like that frighten me.
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