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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.

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APRIL 26, 2019

I wouldn’t put my parents through this just to go to school in the United States.” SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Desirée Morales Díaz didn’t choke up when she recounted how her high school counselor hadn’t heard of the common application, the form widely used by college admission offices on the mainland. And that’s when I said no.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

This story is first in an occasional series on the senior class at Match High School, a charter public school in Boston. BOSTON — Just three weeks into the school year, seniors at Match High School are learning why their college counselor Shira Zar-Kessler advises students against applying “early decision.”.

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MARCH 5, 2018

Laci Hargrove, 18, who fell short of the high school credits she needed to graduate, moved straight from high school to a HiSET-prep program that also provides her with needed social supports. When Laci Hargrove turned 16, she was a sophomore in high school with nowhere near the credits she needed for her grade level.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called “ failing government schools.”

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AUGUST 19, 2024

One high school math teacher told me that she thinks learning failed to recover and continued to deteriorate because schools didn’t rush to fill the gaps right away. This educator quit her public school teaching job in 2022 and has since been tutoring students to help them catch up from pandemic learning losses.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun, recent high school graduate Benjamin Handelman notes that what is more helpful is for teachers to show enthusiasm for the subjects they teach and offer rigorous and engaging learning opportunities. Even students don’t like the go-easy-on-them approach.

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APRIL 30, 2017

This story is the third in an occasional series looking at six members of the senior class at Match High School, a college preparatory charter school in Boston. BOSTON — Every April, Match High School principal Hannah Larkin and the staff celebrate a few major college admission victories in the senior class.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Indiana is offering families grants of up $1,000 to support after-school tutoring. Idaho started a $50 million program so that eligible families can buy education-related items, from online instructional materials to tutoring services. Previously, he has worked in public policy and government affairs for both Tesla and Uber.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

But the 20 rising 10th graders in Lisa Rodriguez’s class at Brookline High School were finishing a lesson on exponents and radicals. Experts say that’s because these students are less likely to attend high schools that offer higher-level math or to be recommended by their teachers for honors or AP classes, regardless of mastery.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Retrieved from [link] The stats on school staffing might seem like a violation of the laws of supply and demand. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Students can also take the test again before the next school year to try and achieve a passing grade. Another provision allows students to move up a grade, as long as the school gives them tutoring for a full school year. The bill would also require students who are retained to receive tutoring.

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MAY 16, 2023

After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, tens of thousands of girls were banned from attending school beyond sixth grade. He was hit by a baseball bat right in the middle of his face when he was in high school, which caused his brain to be crushed inside his skull. Only someone who faces their problems can succeed.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Katie Humphrey, the seventh grade counselor at Columbia Middle School, tries to normalize the idea of asking for mental health support to both children and parents. “I I tell our students, it’s like tutoring,” she says. “If If you need help in math, you go get a tutor. We’re kind of your tutors for mental health.”

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In addition, a growing array of “educator” roles — via community centers, after-school programs, camps and employer programs — can connect young people with counselors, coaches, mentors and tutors. Since young people spend more time out of school than in, it’s critical to recognize the education work done by providers outside schools.

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Linking this information to learner attributes helped us support students from different high schools or colleges who needed additional help before the exam. The AI applications range from tutors supporting foundational knowledge gaps to social connection facilitators designed for online learners who might otherwise feel isolated.

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AUGUST 22, 2020

Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, was concerned about how that could happen safely. “I I go to a school with over 2,000 kids that walk through the door every single day,” she said. ” Olivia Sanchez, a rising senior at Chaffey High School in Ontario, California. Credit: Sophia Hammer.

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JUNE 7, 2021

One high school study of small science classes concluded that class size had to fall to 10 or fewer students to reap academic gains. This wouldn’t be the first time that the federal government has spent gobs of money on smaller classes. Tutoring is a good research-proven place to start. That’s hardly practical.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Schools closed as variants surged through their communities. The script suddenly flipped during the 2021-22 school year as the federal government sent pandemic recovery funds to schools. The biggest areas of staff expansion were among substitute teachers, paraprofessionals or teachers’ aides, and tutors.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Aya Hamza’s academic and extracurricular record at Coral Gables Senior High School near Miami should have made her path to college relatively effortless. Aya Hamza, a high school senior, with her father. Coral Gables Senior High School near Miami, which has nine college counselors for 3,000 students. “I

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JULY 1, 2024

An equal number of high-poverty districts received less than $3,700 per student. These surprising differences for places with similar poverty levels occurred because pandemic aid was allocated according to the same byzantine rules that govern federal Title I funding to low-income schools.

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MARCH 25, 2024

The STEM pipeline – a metaphor for the development of future scientists, engineers and other high tech workers – likely starts with a narrower funnel in the post-pandemic era. government are all trying to encourage more young Americans to pursue careers in STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. There was nothing like this. Emmet Yepa Jr.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Much of the focus on pandemic recovery in schools throughout the United States has been on recruiting tutors to help students make up for lost learning time, and there is some evidence that such tutoring can work under certain circumstances. There is also a role for the federal government to play beyond ARP fund distribution.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Along with a lot of other parents, many of us have been approached about creating small groups of kids led by a babysitter or tutor, also known as “podding.” We need city government, elected officials and businesses to start thinking about how to empower parent communities to provide off-day care for every family.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

While district policies can provide opportunities for improving student achievement, our results suggest that this impact varies widely and requires strong school-level leadership and effort. No school governance model is predominant. It’s also clear that the laws governing school improvement must be revisited and strengthened.

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MARCH 1, 2021

Because the government wanted to focus on what works, Sahni only analyzed studies with positive results for students. The reading program ITSS stands for Intelligent Tutoring using the Structure Strategy and is used by about 150,000 students, mostly in grades three through five. We haven’t done the study yet to understand.

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JULY 1, 2017

Hightower credits the district for getting her back on her feet when she was homeless, pregnant and in high school. Failing grades and truancy threatened to keep her from graduating high school. She was introduced to Clemon Jimerson, a specialist hired by the Harrison County School District to help homeless students.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Her first two years of high school, she cycled through three different schools. Nationally, just 50 percent of foster youth graduate high school by age 18, according to estimates, and 2 to 9 percent obtain a bachelor’s degree. Government programs have also freed up some financial support.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Officials with the local district, Shelby County Public Schools, did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails requesting comment. According to district presentations, Shelby County schools last year offered tutoring to the lowest performing students. Lampkin said his sons have not been offered the extra help.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

I teach at Zama American Middle-High School , a Department of Defense school in Kanagawa, Japan. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) dependent schools are run by the U.S. schools more broadly. Related: Schools on U.S. He also serves as a member of the National Assessment Governing Board.

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They were also less likely to have been disciplined in school for misbehavior (like hitting or bullying). The federal government expressed some hope last year that mentorship and tutoring programs could play a role in helping students make up for academic ground lost during pandemic-forced remote schooling.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Kenyatta Burn works with her tutor at the Durham Literacy Center on Thursday, Nov. Read the whole series, “ Willing, able and forgotten: How high schools fail special ed students,” here. Read the whole series, “ Willing, able and forgotten: How high schools fail special ed students,” here. 20, 2017, in Durham, N.C.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

When he fled Honduras for New Orleans two years ago, Carlos, now 16 and a high school junior, hoped for just two things: a quiet place to live and an opportunity to play real soccer on a real team. A high school squad, he thought, would be the best place to start. Few New Orleans high schools have soccer teams.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Guadalupe Hernandez, 13, argues being suspended for missing class did little to motivate him to regularly attend school. He says his attendance and grades improved after he received counseling, tutoring and medication to control his multiple behavior disorders. Most of those suspensions happened at Mohave High School.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Mikaela Johnson, with her mother, Ashley Johnson, faces uncertain high school plans because of the coronavirus pandemic and her family’s unstable housing situation. She currently works a clerical job for a government agency and drives cabs intermittently, while trying to launch a holistic wellness business. She paused.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As the public school system has teetered, already many parents across the country have turned to religious or private schools , or created smaller learning pods, hired private tutors or are considering play and learning programs that in some cases can cost close to $3,000 a month. Those who can’t afford any help face despair.

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