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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. But less frequent tutoring, such as having sessions once a week, was not. There were disappointments in other years, too.

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Canadian schools succeed in nudging one minority group to and through college

The Hechinger Report

Nationally, about 4 percent of Canadians are indigenous, up from 3 percent in 2001. The new $11 million Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, which has space for indigenous students to meet with advisors, and for events including soup and bannock lunches and native pipe and “smudge” ceremonies.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

South Carolina has seen its highest number of educator vacancies this year since the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement started tracking the trend in 2001. Tyler Wright congratulates one of his 4th grade students with a fist bump at Stono Park Elementary School in Charleston, Friday, Nov.

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