Compensatory Education: An Opportunity For Innovation
Compensatory education, specifically high-dosage tutoring, provides a remedy for the disproportionate effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on special education and services.
October 12, 2021
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Utilizing Benchmark Assessment Data To Design Personalized Interventions
Interventions provide a pathway to telling every student's story. Their journey is transformative; the support they need is prescriptive.
October 6, 2021
US DOE Recommendations For High-Impact Tutoring
In the recently published report "Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time," staff from the US DOE outlines how implementing evidence-based tutoring practices is a key approach to accelerating learning.
September 29, 2021
Data-Informed Practices Lead to Real Equity Accountability
The pandemic has disrupted student progress data collection for many districts. To get to grade level and bridge this gap, no time should be wasted in implementing the monitoring and reporting required for equitable learning.
September 14, 2021
Providing Scale, Fit, and Power in Tutoring Design
A thoughtfully and effectively designed, delivered, and monitored tutoring initiative can focus better on the individualized needs of students if it is an extension of the core academic program.
August 25, 2021
Webinar Review - Accelerating Literacy Through High-Dosage Tutoring
Highlights from our discussion with Lucy Calkins and Colleen Cruz of the Teachers College Reading & Writing Project at Columbia University.
August 23, 2021
Announcing Teachers College Reading and Writing Project + Littera Education Partnership
Littera is excited to announce that we have partnered with Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, a renowned provider of curriculum and professional development in literacy to create an all-inclusive tutoring program for K-12 districts and schools of all sizes.
August 10, 2021
HB 4545 Requirements Can Feel Overwhelming
Addressing the new mandated requirements of HB 4545 in Texas is proving to be a challenge for many. We’re working with districts to meet those needs and align a high-dosage tutoring program with TEKS.
August 4, 2021
Littera Accelerates Development And Adds Key Executive After Closing Series A
Our team is thrilled with what we have accomplished to date, and we are now focused on accelerating the deployment of our platform to support students, teachers, districts, and other student-serving organizations across the country!
August 3, 2021
Littera Expands Leadership Team With Key Hire
Former Chief of Teaching, Learning and Schools at Montgomery County Public Schools Dr. Janet Wilson joins Littera Education as Senior Vice President, District Solutions
July 13, 2021
Littera Education Presenting At ISTE 2021 Conference
The annual ISTE conference has always been an important opportunity for K-12 leaders to learn about new innovations in technology. More importantly, attendees of the ISTE Conference always discover new approaches that can make teaching and learning more effective for students everywhere.
June 22, 2021
Comprehensive District Tutoring Programs - The Time Is Now!
This self-described thought experiment lays out a forward-thinking plan to bring effective high-dosage tutoring to K-12 districts across the United States.
May 21, 2021
Research Proves Tutoring Is Effective
The list of life skills that can be learned with tutoring extend beyond a child’s academic success and add important life skills and confidence that all parents and teachers want to see for students.
May 4, 2021
Why Early Literacy and Numeracy are Prime for District Managed Tutoring
Tutoring has become a huge focus of early childhood education because we know that early literacy skills set the stage for the rest of a learner’s school career, and indeed for significant life outcomes.
April 20, 2021
How Tutoring Can Address Unfinished Learning In K-12 Schools
District tutor programs are one of the best tools available to K-12 schools and districts who want to address unfinished learning opportunities.
April 8, 2021