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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Compensatory education, specifically high-dosage tutoring, provides a remedy for the disproportionate effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on special education and services.
Interventions provide a pathway to telling every student's story. Their journey is transformative; the support they need is prescriptive.
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.
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.
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.
Highlights from our discussion with Lucy Calkins and Colleen Cruz of the Teachers College Reading & Writing Project at Columbia University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
District tutor programs are one of the best tools available to K-12 schools and districts who want to address unfinished learning opportunities.