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

The Hechinger Report

But, while the results of research on what might work to catch kids up is not always clear-cut, many education experts point to tutoring as a tried-and-true method. We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020.

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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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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

The Hechinger Report

A recent online meme had a striking message: “A year at an HBCU can undo a K-12 experience.”. They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. It has amplified HBCUs’ underfunding by putting new strains on education budgets.

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Expanding into Early Childhood Is Good for Edtech Companies. Is It Good for Kids?

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For years, the global learning platform Kahoot has been growing its foothold in the K-12 space through acquisitions and add-ons to its popular quiz platform. It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space. And no, it’s not more quizzes. Can he join?”

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

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Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. has fully acknowledged its long history of using education as a weapon against tribes. There was nothing like this.

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As final year of college planning unfolds at Match: ‘What’s it gonna take?’

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You can always talk to your tutors or your teachers. But Match is also trying some ideas that stand out from the now-familiar charter model, including a personalized, “high-dosage” tutoring model that it developed, which is geared to identifying the individual weaknesses of each student, as well as their strengths. Photo: Liz Willen.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

The answer is three: “k,” “a,” and “t.” hours of auditory instruction in small group or tutoring sessions, but continued to make progress if visual displays of the letters were combined with the sounds. Phonemic awareness has a complicated history. They found that struggling readers, ages 4 to 6, no longer benefited after 10.2

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