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(WSIL) — The SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville Schools of Education, along with Southeastern Illinois College, are partnering with colleges and universities across the state to provide tutoring to students who learning was impacted by the pandemic. The Illinois Tutoring Initiative program, overseen by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, will focus on districts disproportionately … Read more
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Illinois is launching a statewide tutoring initiative to help K-12 students who were disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The initiative is looking for college students, retired teachers and community members to become paid tutors and work regularly with kids. This program is a collaboration among multiple universities and school districts across Illinois. It is being … Read more
Read MoreNate Casey, CRO of enterprise tutoring platform Pearl, and Christy Borders, EdD, Director of the Illinois Tutoring Initiative at Illinois State University explore the early days of launching the most significant tutoring initiative in state history. Key insights covered in this Pearls of Wisdom webinar: What is the Illinois Tutoring Initiative and how did it … Read more
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The Illinois State Board of Education created two pathways for school districts to provide high-impact tutoring to support learning recovery. High-impact tutoring, an evidence-based practice recommended in the Illinois P-20 Council’s
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Teacher Kim Meaders has a singular focus when she steps into her Arkansas school just before 7 a.m.: keeping her school’s eighth and ninth graders from falling off track. Meaders, a math teacher at Bryant Junior High in suburban Little Rock, is part of the Arkansas Tutoring Corps, which launched last year with federal COVID … Read more
Read MoreIllinois State University (ISU) is coordinating the Illinois Tutoring Initiative in partnership with the Governor’s Office, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), and the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). The program will…
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URBANA — Illinois schools are signing up for a new state tutoring initiative to help the students who struggled most in remote school. By this summer, the state plans to send tutors out three times a week to 48 school districts across Illinois. School districts in Danville, Decatur, Rantoul and Urbana are among those eligible … Read more
Read MoreCreates two statewide tutoring initiatives targeting PK-12 students who are in districts or communities with limited capacity or resources to deliver high-quality tutoring programs. The Illinois Tutoring Initiative provides high-impact tutoring to districts statewide through Illinois public Universities and Community Colleges. The district-led high-impact tutoring program provides grants to districts interested in creating and operating … Read more
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NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — A new state-wide initiative is connecting college-aged tutors with school-aged children to combat two years of learning disruptions caused by the pandemic. The Illinois Tutoring Initiative (ITI) will provide high-impact tutoring for approximately 8,500 students in grades 3-8 during a two-year period. “High-impact tutoring means that it occurs at a high dosage, so … Read more
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Illinois State University will be partnering with the Governor’s Office, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board in coordination for the Illinois Tutoring Initiative. Focused on learning renewal in response to COVID-19 impacts in schooling, this program will offer tutoring for roughly 8,500 students … Read more
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