The Hechinger Report
MARCH 6, 2025
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.)
The Hechinger Report
JULY 31, 2020
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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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2019
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.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 14, 2022
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.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
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.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2019
The college also “embeds” peer tutors in gateway courses, so busy commuter students don’t have to visit a support center outside class hours. Many of the tutors are students of color themselves, a fact professors say makes them relatable — and perhaps more approachable — than white instructors. They get through faster.”.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 27, 2019
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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