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CityTutor DC Midyear Learnings White Paper
This report shares CityTutor DC's midyear learnings from our efforts thus far.
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SchoolKit's Illustrative Mathematics Video Learning Series
A full series of Illustrative Mathematics 27-minute video lessons on critical topics in grades 6-8 and Algebra I are useful for tutors and teachers.
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SchoolKit's Reading Foundational Skills Course for Tutors
This free Canvas course is designed for tutors who are supporting students to develop their foundational reading skills. The course helps to build tutors’ knowledge and skills of evidence-based reading instruction and provides resources that tutors can use for planning and instruction.
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For Families: Program Finder for Afterschool
Mapping tool to find afterschool programming that includes tutoring and much more.
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For Families: Finding the Right Afterschool Program
A guide to help families pick the right program for their kids.
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Student Acceleration Tools
A list of promising resources for student acceleration that schools can implement using tutors and/or to support their teachers, paraprofessionals, and other staff.
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Sample Request for Proposals (RFP) for LEAs Seeking High-Impact Tutoring
This sample RFP is intended for school and LEA staff to populate to solicit bids from tutoring providers.
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Allister Chang: How DC Can Support Students During COVID-19
DC Ward 2's representative to the State Board of Education, Allister Chang, gives an overview in The DC Line of why quality tutoring matters so much to DC's students as we come out of the pandemic.
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Evidence to Policy: Individualized Tutoring to Improve Learning
This short video profiles one of the most successful tutoring organizations in the country: SAGA Education, which focuses on secondary math.
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Fellow Spotlight: Jourdan Vann & Elizabeth Garcia
A short article from Saga Education about two tutors working on Chicago's South Side.
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High-Dosage Tutoring: A Proven Strategy to Accelerate Student Learning
This PDF is the guidance that DC's Office of the State Superintendent of Education has given to DC's local education agencies (LEA) about what high-dosage tutoring looks like.
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High-Impact Tutoring Partner Checklist
Tutoring providers can demonstrate impact with a robust evaluation of their model, but absent such an evaluation, a provider should meet as many of the standards on this checklist as possible to ensure students are well supported and learning is accelerating. (PDF)
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National Student Support Accelerator
The National Student Support Accelerator at Brown University is devoted to translating promising research into actionable information about how tutoring can benefit students. (Website)
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ProvenTutoring.Org Programs to Support Student Success
This website provides lists of organizations that have proven effectiveness in raising achievement in literacy or math.
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Toolkit for Tutoring Programs
For organizations considering creating tutoring programs or which want to beef up what they are already doing, this digital toolkit from the National Student Support Accelerator provides guidance on how to build high-impact tutoring.
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The Power of Innovative Scheduling
Tapping scheduling as a resource for school improvement is the theme of this article from ASCD, drawing from schools around the country.
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The Transformative Potential of Tutoring for Pre K-12 Learning Outcomes: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations
This publication (PDF) summarizes an academic review of randomized evaluations demonstrating the transformational potential of tutoring in preK-12 settings.
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Unlocking Time: Sample School Schedules
Use this digital bell schedule builder tool to learn about common bell schedules and experiment with your own.
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What Makes a Successful Tutor
This short article from Edutopia provides a good rundown in clear language as to what successful tutors do — and therefore what parents should look for.
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