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Monterey Herald: "Olson Elementary School partners with tutoring service"
Olson Elementary School has partnered with Littera Education to bring free tutoring services to nearly 400 students and improve their reading skills.
September 13, 2022
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Olson Elementary Partners with Littera Education to Bring Free High-Dosage Tutoring to Marina Students
More than 50 students have participated in this free service to date.
September 12, 2022
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10 Bright Spots for Back-to-School 2022
It’s easy to focus on what’s not working in education–that’s the norm. But as we head into this new school year, it’s important not to lose sight of everything that is on track, and to reflect on the incredible progress that’s been made in the last two years.
September 8, 2022
Research to Identify Effective Math Tutoring Designs for Underrepresented Students Begins in US School Districts
Littera Education announces districts participating in research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and partners with Renaissance to provide assessment and curriculum for the project.
September 7, 2022
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Why is “High-Dosage Tutoring” So Popular in K-12 All of a Sudden?
With everyone from the schoolhouse to the White House pointing to tutoring as the solution to learning loss, it’s worth asking not only when and why “high-dosage tutoring” became so popular, but also what exactly people mean when they say it.
August 24, 2022
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Why Students Fell Further Behind in Math than Other Subjects During School Closures
The Brookings Institution found that average math test scores in grades 3-8 fell at roughly double the rate of reading scores between 2019 and 2021.
August 16, 2022
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Ten Questions Districts Ask When Considering a Tutoring Program
Dr. Janet Wilson speaks with districts about what they're considering as they implement tutoring as an intervention.
August 8, 2022
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How Does Tutoring Fit into Existing Intervention Paradigms?
Tutoring often fits best as a district-managed intervention that is available to all students throughout the school day, and embedded alongside primary instruction.
August 1, 2022
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Yes, Math Anxiety Is Real. How Do We Overcome It?
Math anxiety is real, but where does it come from, and how can you help students overcome it?
July 20, 2022
Chalkbeat: "Schools are spending millions on new virtual tutoring. Is it working?"
With millions of dollars flowing into virtual tutoring, it’s worth asking: What works best? Different models yield different outcomes.
June 30, 2022
North Carolina Education Corps and Littera Education Partner to Improve Reading Achievement for North Carolina K-3 Students
The North Carolina Education Corps and Littera Education have partnered to provide North Carolina K-3 students with high-impact reading and literacy tutoring at no cost to families.
June 28, 2022
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Grand Valley State University and Littera Education Partner to Provide High-Impact Tutoring to Every K-12 Student in Michigan
A new partnership between the Grand Valley State University NextEd Co-Lab and Littera Education means that every K-12 school district in Michigan now can provide its students with research-based, proven-effective tutoring for students who need it the most.
June 1, 2022
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Popular Tutoring Models: High-Dosage VS. Chat-Based [Infographic]
Chat-based tutoring is not an appropriate intervention for students who don’t yet know how to read fluently. With an ever-growing number of schools turning to tutoring to accelerate learning, understanding the differences between popular models is essential.
May 30, 2022
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Leveraging Data on Social Promotion and Grade Retention to Overcome Unfinished Learning: Strategies for Success
Research on students in danger of retention provides us key insights on how best to accelerate learning for kids who’ve fallen behind.
May 18, 2022
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Transforming summer school with high-dosage tutoring
Today’s students have different summer learning needs, and we have better tools and methods to teach them. It’s time to start using them.
May 9, 2022
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A Guide to Funding and Grants for Littera High-Dosage Tutoring [Download]
Use federal funding and grants to support high-dosage tutoring in K-12 schools.
May 2, 2022
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High-dosage tutoring pairs technology with personalization
“Chat-based ‘tutoring’ may be relatively easy to implement, but it lacks the design features and assessment data that research says are critical to accelerating learning among disadvantaged students.” Learn more in this "Learning Acceleration" guest column by Littera founder and CEO Justin Serrano
April 29, 2022
The Active View of Reading: Moving Beyond the Simple View
New research suggests a shift toward the “Active View of Reading” to understand students' reading abilities, to account for complexity, and to provide targeted support.
April 26, 2022
Best Practices for High-Dosage Math Tutoring in Middle & High School [Infographic]
High-dosage math tutoring research and implementation guides can be lengthy and detailed. Use this best practices infographic as a first step in ensuring your program accelerates achievement for all.
April 22, 2022
K-12 Staff Shortages are Nothing New–It’s Time to Act
Staffing shortages in education were here before the pandemic, but are now more urgent than ever.
April 11, 2022
Saga Education and Littera Education partner to boost student achievement in mathematics
Schools will be able to offer students one of the most effective personalized tutoring programs in the country via a platform designed to make delivery easy.
April 7, 2022
Summer School Planning: A Strategic Approach to Accelerating Learning
This year, districts are leveraging the flexibility of high-dosage tutoring during the summer break to ensure their students are on track.
March 9, 2022
Educating The Whole Child: What Is The Approach and Why Does It Matter?
Districts can drive equity and overcome learning disruption by advancing the whole child approach to education.
March 1, 2022
High-Dosage Tutoring vs. Homework Help: Comparative Efficacy of Two Leading Tutoring Models
The research is clear, tutoring works. The difficult part for many districts is deciding what works best for their needs.
February 23, 2022
Automaticity: A Key To Early Literacy Success
High-dosage tutoring can be both a short-term solution for overcoming historically inadequate reading scores and a long-term transformative tool for ensuring strong foundational skills.
February 7, 2022
How Does Tutoring Bring Parents And Teachers Together?
Parents and teachers are rallying around tutoring as a unifying force for creating a better school environment.
February 1, 2022
Keep Your Community Engaged By Being Transparent With ESSER Funding
Some communities are requiring districts to track spending decisions and prioritize accelerated learning for their students through high-dosage tutoring.
January 25, 2022
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High-Dosage Tutoring: The Future Of Academic Support
Now is the time for an academic support model that ensures equitable access to a new idea, one that is driven by data evaluation and is integrated with a district’s instructional strategy, with the benefits compounding the acceleration of learning over time.
January 19, 2022
We Work For Teachers Because We Are Teachers
Our own Brian Miller and Kanecia Hodo share their stories as instructors during the pandemic, and what they see as the deciding factors that caused their career shift, from being in front of the kids to behind the scenes at Littera.
January 11, 2022
It Is Never Too Late For a Champion
Giving up on students is unacceptable. It is never too late in the year or in their lives to give them the support they’ve always deserved. Dr. Janet Wilson shares her personal experience with trauma and an educator who never gave up on her.
December 21, 2021
Littera Receives Gates Foundation Grant to Help School Districts Promote Equity
The 14-month grant will provide data and technological innovations that close gaps in mathematics achievement among students set back by the COVID-19 pandemic who are Black, Latino, and/or experiencing poverty.
December 14, 2021
A Way Out: High-Dosage Tutoring for Every Student
Like Plato's vision for true knowledge, districts can create a new reality - one beyond the trappings of the cave of disruption that has plagued K-12 education for the last two years.
December 7, 2021
The Second-Grader Problem: Creating a Safer and More Supportive Culture
For second-graders, 2021 marks their first face-to-face experience in a classroom. Bonding with their teachers and classmates as well as time and attention is required for this group of young learners during such a critical, transitional time.
November 29, 2021
Teachers Report: The Third Year of COVID-19 Disruption
First Marking Period Outcomes Report - Teachers are most crucial to the future of learning and are faced with an unprecedented instructional environment and many see this as a battleground for innovative solutions.
November 16, 2021
The Brown M&M Clause: Mitigating Risk With A Hidden Checklist Item
Designing efficient district support systems requires evaluating options with a risk-management lens, and a hidden checklist that you can rely on with each new opportunity ensures that your operational needs are being met.
November 9, 2021
New Virginia Funding Supports Tutoring
The Virginia DOE through Onward and Upward VA is inviting schools around the state to apply for over $100 million in student-focused grants to support programs to help students catch up and achieve their academic goals.
November 1, 2021
Principal Leadership: Traversing New Contexts, New Roles, and Innovative Strategies
Principals are in the pinch position of being the key intermediary in strategizing what normal feels like amid chaos - with the opportunity to transform their district's future by using available funding to accelerate learning.
October 26, 2021
Building Your Vision Despite HB 4545
TEXAS: HB 4545 and its requirements, though perhaps initially overwhelming, provide districts with a unique opportunity to create a new model of education that includes individualized instruction for all.
October 20, 2021
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
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
United States Department of Education Recommends 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
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 Seed Round
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 Education: Dr. Janet Wilson Is New SVP, District Solutions
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