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Pepperdine University Professor Seeks to Give High School Students a Head Start

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Additionally, a local middle school math teacher was hired to teach geometry, and the church provided one of its tutors to assist. The initiative will also seek to grow its roster of teachers and tutors. I think Dr. Roberson’s Ahead of the Game exemplifies the idea that every child has a civil right to gain math literacy.”

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Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

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The program aims to offer academic tutoring and mentorship; high school and college course selection assistance; financial aid application help; guidance on secondary school reentry, alternative education programs, and college entry; and financial literacy education.

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How a Tutor Can Help a Student With Dyslexia: Empowering Success Through Specialized Support

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How a Tutor Can Help a Student With Dyslexia: Empowering Success Through Specialized Support Dyslexia affects millions of students worldwide, influencing how they process language and making tasks such as reading, spelling, and writing more challenging. Fortunately, personalized tutoring offers an effective means of support.

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Expanding Federal Work Study to Create a More Diverse Teacher Pipeline

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Halima Monds was a first-year student at Spelman College when she joined SpelREADS , a program that pairs undergraduate tutors with students in Atlanta Public Schools to help boost their reading ability. Unfortunately, these kinds of intensive tutoring models can be challenging for school districts to implement.

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Examples of Excelencia

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The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. The Village at Cerritos College is California’s first community college housing project exclusively for homeless students. years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2 Currently, 60.1%

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How can colleges use predictive algorithms equitably? A conversation with Dr. Denisa Gándara

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When a model predicts that Black or Latinx students are more likely to fail, how users interpret that information depends on their racial consciousness and data literacy. IHEP: How can institutions build data literacy among faculty and staff to ensure that predictive models are used responsibly?

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