ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

The “breakout” tutoring company of 2023 will differentiate itself by measuring and consistently reproducing meaningful student outcomes. Prediction: The “breakout” tutoring company of 2023 will differentiate itself by measuring and consistently reproducing meaningful student outcomes.

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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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JULY 1, 2024

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. Wealthier families also had the means to hire tutors or time to help their children at home.

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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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MARCH 25, 2024

government are all trying to encourage more young Americans to pursue careers in STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reynolds, who serves on the governing board that oversees the NAEP exam, has been trying to lobby more private schools to participate, but so far, to no avail.

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The Hechinger Report

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. Jill Norton, founder of Clark Street Consulting, supports nonprofits, foundations and government agencies to advance educational equity.

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2023

Government Accountability Office. Government Accountability Office found that, for example, teachers found some success mitigating learning declines among English language learners using one-on-one check-ins with students and assigning small-group work in person. And research from the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Starting in 2020, the federal government sent schools more than $200 billion in pandemic recovery funds. Schools hired additional counselors, interventionists (a fancy name for tutors), and aides, and increased their reserves of substitute teachers. The third act was a pandemic-fueled “hiring bonanza.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. I walked into the class, eager and excited for the year to come. Little did I know that class would change my life.

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APRIL 7, 2023

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. Students can also take the test again before the next school year to try and achieve a passing grade. Because I email, I call.

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The Hechinger Report

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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

According to district presentations, Shelby County schools last year offered tutoring to the lowest performing students. Most students who received tutoring focused on English language arts, but not math. At his church in Memphis, Lampkin started his own tutoring program three nights a week.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Our advisory teacher is supposed to be the one person who is making sure that you're getting the correct tutoring for all the subjects,” Ibarra says.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

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.” Federal and state governments have allocated extra money for mental health services and school districts across the country are scrambling to beef up supports.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

These strategies have taken root in efforts by district leaders, often in partnership with university-based teacher education programs, to “grow-their-own” teachers or source tutors for more emergent interventions. One possible answer is investing in more inclusive partnerships.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

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. Students sat in classrooms without teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, my fellow member on the National Assessment Governing Board—which sets policies around NAEP — has cited professional development, tutoring and summer learning as some of the interventions that led to success there. He also serves as a member of the National Assessment Governing Board.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2023

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. They were also less likely to have been disciplined in school for misbehavior (like hitting or bullying).

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ED Surge

MAY 2, 2024

Designers tried to borrow tropes from video games, and in the demo, Ed enthusiastically says, “Alberto, you met your goal today,” and points to even more resources he could go to, including links to “Read a book,” “Get tutoring,” or “Find a library near me.” James Wiley, a vice president at the education market research firm ListEdTech.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Two of the most powerful tailwinds right now are the committed teachers who show up for their students every day and the over $160 billion the federal government is investing in our schools. When I reflect on when I was tutoring under-resourced kids in the 1990s, I can see how much progress we have made in just a few decades.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

During the pandemic, school systems dramatically expanded the number of software products they used as companies offered free subscriptions for a limited time and the federal government showered districts with emergency funding, he said. Related: PROOF POINTS: How can tutors reach more kids?

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ED Surge

MAY 6, 2024

But since September, she’s spent a couple of hours per day as a tutor through the California Volunteers College Corps, a state-funded partnership program that places college students into paid internships. She earns $700 per month, provided she tutors elementary students for at least 20 hours per two weeks.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

But when it comes to learning, he’s grown to love an environment much closer to home: surrounded by extended family members in a small, salmon-colored building just down the road from his house, where tutors and adults in his tribe have taught him since last fall. Learning from Lockdown.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

This can include investments in tutoring, summer programs and other interventions that help students catch up and regain their footing. Schools are required to use at least 20 percent of their funds to address learning loss and ensure that students have access to high-quality educational opportunities.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2023

Working with one of the program’s tutors also boosted his skills in math, a subject he doesn’t enjoy very much. Among the biggest barriers to making after-school programming more robust and widespread are insufficient government funding, staffing shortages, and in some areas, a lack of transportation.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

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. One experiment can never stand alone for conclusions to be drawn,” said Filges, by email. Spoiler alert: achievement didn’t soar.) Follow the evidence.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2019

A retired math teacher who lived a half mile up the road from my family, he opened his home to me every Wednesday afternoon for tutoring. State and federal governments, educators, parents, entrepreneurs and billionaires are all seeking solutions to this problem. Louis/Mathematica Policy Research Center.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Long simmering inequities got new attention, including the urgency of the “ homework gap ” and gaps in reading and math achievement , even as ideas for closing those gaps gained momentum , including training teachers to personalize learning for each student and assigning tutors to the kids who fell behind.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Wealthier families have also been able to pay for tutoring, private college counselors and test prep; although submitting tests is optional at more than 1,650 colleges and universities this year, families are convinced a good score can still help in admission. This year we’re looking at 30.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Only one piece of software that taught reading, Intelligent Tutoring for the Structure Strategy ( ITSS ), showed promise, suggesting that it is possible to create good educational software outside of math, but it’s a lot harder. The federal government, through the U.S. The J-PAL researchers found nine rigorous studies of it.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2019

Richer families can afford more tutoring, test prep and enrichment activities. Each year, the government would make contributions based on the child’s family size and income. Researchers, including those who work for the test companies, have known wealth is strongly correlated with outcomes on standardized tests for years.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Federal lawmakers should expand the uses of 529 savings plans to include personal tutors, education therapy, online classes, textbooks and curriculum, apprenticeship programs, and job-training expenses,” wrote Lindsey Burke and Jonathan Butcher in a 2017 Heritage Foundation report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

A student at work with her tutor. And I knew before I retired from government service that I wanted to devote the next chapter of my life to this issue. Photo: AP Photo/Brian Blanco. When there aren’t enough teachers trained to teach students with disabilities, we fail the vulnerable students who most need educators’ help.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It took state and local governments seven years to restore their tax bases, muster the political will to approve spending increases and send the money to schools. On Saturdays, her students can get one-on-one tutoring. What’s causing these trends is no mystery,” Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

Connected learning can happen on a local scale by fostering connections with businesses, places of worship, government agencies, and museums where students can reach an authentic audience. Kulik Educational Outcomes of Tutoring: A Meta-analysis of Findings. Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational Researcher, Vol.

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