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Math can be a path to success after prison

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Since 2020, he has published four academic papers: three in math and one in sociology. After completing a five-year stint in a federal prison, his first post-prison job was teaching math to adults who were preparing to take the GED exam. Havens has been granted a clemency hearing and may be released as early as this year.)

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Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers

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Several programs aimed at keeping incoming freshmen on track for college and others that provide tutoring to elementary students are scooping up jobless undergraduates as mentors in relationships that benefit everyone. So he applied to the Tennessee Tutoring Corps. I had no second option lined up,” Oates said. Credit: James D’Haiti.

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After her university closes its achievement gap, chancellor says, “The shocker is, why aren’t we all doing this?”

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Its student-adviser ratio is much lower than at other schools, and it boasts a tutoring center staffed not by fellow students, but by faculty members. Student surveys show that one of the university’s most popular services is its “Just Ask” faculty tutoring service. The association endorses common intellectual experiences.

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OPINION: Why it’s time to discard old stereotypes about Asian American parents and education

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Going to academic tutoring after school in China and India is just what one does if your parents can afford it: It’s what it takes to get into a top college. Natasha Warikoo is professor of sociology at Tufts University and a former Guggenheim fellow. but lower achievement in South Korea.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

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Two chairs by the fireplace sit ready for one-on-one tutoring, a cluster of ottomans nearby can accommodate a study group, and spaces to hunker down with a book or notes abound: a couch by the front door layered with pillows and blankets, a desk tucked into a corner, a fire table on the patio, and a backyard. From Project Rebound?”

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

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A counselor arranged tutoring, keeping him motivated and “feeling that I am not doing this alone.”. Thompson, whose father “was an illiterate coal miner” and mother only completed eighth grade, but who earned a doctorate in sociology, said raising educational levels is critical to prosperity in the state. His counselors reached out.

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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

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Reardon, a sociologist, says the growing achievement gaps he has found stem from increasing income inequality in our society and the decisions of many rich parents to invest more in their kids, from private tutors to after-school programs.

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