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SB 723 California LEADS Tutoring Program

Creates the California Leadership, Excellence, Academic, Diversity, and Service-Learning (LEADS) Tutoring Program to provide both in-person and online tutoring to rectify learning loss. Each county office of education will implement the tutoring program in their area. Once the list of participating school districts is announced (on or before June 1, 2022), the bill makes all public K-12 school students in districts that meet criteria eligible to participate in supplemental individualized learning assistance.

SB 564: Arkansas Tutoring Corps Act

Establishes a statewide Arkansas Tutoring Corps (with a focus on rural areas), to address interrupted learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stipulations include:
 - Should address the immediate emergency as well as lay the groundwork for a long-term, sustainable strategy
 - Tutors must be qualified (as defined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education), trained and provided ongoing support
 - Developed for K-6th grade math and reading
 - Tutoring curriculum must be aligned with state standards

High-Quality Tutoring to Accelerate Learning: Implementing and Improving Your Program

The U.S. Department of Education’s ED COVID-19 Handbook highlights tutoring as a key strategy for supporting student academic needs and for addressing the impact of lost instructional time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds from the American Rescue Plan can be used to implement high-quality tutoring.

In this 90-minute REL West webinar, presenters will discuss tutoring as a way to address opportunity gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. They will share about evidence-based tools developed by Brown University’s National Student Support Accelerator that facilitate district planning, launch, and continuous improvement of effective tutoring programs.

Call for Submissions: New Profit to Make $4.8M Investment in 24 Organizations Focused on Tutoring, Whole Child Supports, and Postsecondary Advising

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Equitable Education Recovery Initiative. This initiative will provide each of 24 organizations a $200K unrestricted Catalyze Investment grant along with New Profit cohort-based capacity-building support and participation in a peer learning community—all over the course of three years. We are looking for community-based organizations providing ELA/math tutoring, whole child supports, and/or postsecondary advising to K-12 students in one or more of the following geographies: Denver Metro, Memphis/Nashville, and/or any part of California’s Central Valley from Fresno to Sacramento, plus Oakland.
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New Tutoring Tool Available: Tutoring Quality Improvement System

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (September 13, 2021) —The National Student Support Accelerator is excited to share our new tool that makes it easier for tutoring programs to improve their quality and for districts selecting tutoring providers to better understand their provider options:

The Tutoring Quality Improvement System (TQIS)

The TQIS, developed in partnership with Bellwether Consulting, provides developing or operating tutoring program with:

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Early Lessons from Implementing High-Impact Tutoring at Scale

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Briefs and Reports

Many education leaders are turning to high-impact tutoring to accelerate student learning and compensate for interrupted instruction due to COVID-19. As federal, state, and local tutoring policies and practices develop, understanding the key barriers and challenges that have the potential to limit program reach and hinder efficacy and then developing targeted approaches to overcoming these barriers can improve the likelihood of success and the ultimate benefits for students.

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