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Download full textOffice of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2021
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exacerbated existing inequities and inadequacies across a range of social structures, including our nation's education system. The pandemic has also had a more damaging impact on communities and people of color, including many who already faced health challenges. Congress has provided significant federal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, School Closing
Direct linkPirini, Jesse – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2017
Students can make huge gains in academic grades and confidence with the help of peer tutoring. This book provides practical, research-based strategies for anyone wanting to run a peer tutoring programme or to improve their own tutoring practice. The book focuses on two key components of tutoring: the tutoring relationship and tutoring tools. The…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Case Studies, Tutorial Programs
Education Trust, 2022
Since March 2021, school district leaders have been developing and implementing plans to spend their "ARP dollars," that is, the historic $122 billion allocated from the American Rescue Plan to help districts recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic. The money, also referred to as ESSER funds (Elementary and Secondary School…
Descriptors: School Districts, Equal Education, Emergency Programs, COVID-19
Palmatier, Robert A.; And Others – 1976
The instructional concept guide is part of a system developed for tutor training and support. It is primarily designed for volunteers, but it can also be adapted to the training of paraprofessional tutors for any type of adult literacy program. A key component in the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
It is the intent of this manual to show how a volunteer tutoring program can be implemented and maintained in any community that desires to individualize institutional learning programs through tutoring. The manual attempts to describe the requirements and development of a tutoring program in generic terms; however, it often cites examples from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Individualized Programs, Program Development
Brown, Donald E.
The Free Studies program at Alvin Junior College offers remedial and nontraditional instruction and assists in the development of alternate path learning programs. The program currently offers three courses: writing, mathematics, and study skills. All instruction is self-paced, individualized, and on a prescriptive basis as the result of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Developmental Programs, Guidelines
Peer reviewedWebb, Michael; Schwartz, Wendy – PTA Today, 1988
Students in effective peer tutoring programs consistently achieve at higher rates than those in other learning situations. Benefits to learners, tutors and teachers are described, and a step-by-step plan for establishing a peer tutoring program is presented. (IAH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development, Tutorial Programs
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1975
This guide is intended as a basic resource for preschool Spanish/English bilingual home training. It presents an overview of the bilingual project of which it is an outgrowth, and offers guidelines for setting up similar programs. The guidelines cover such topics as: (1) tutor selection, training, and evaluation; (2) recommended materials for…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedWasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 1998
Suggests guidelines for schools that are developing volunteer tutoring programs to help young children who are at risk for reading failure. Discusses the "America Reads Challenge," and what is known about volunteers. Discusses several components essential to the success of tutoring programs in reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Reading Improvement
Cook, Barbara; Urzua, Carole – 1993
The literacy club described is a model cross-aged, paired reading program that is being successfully used in an elementary school in Redwood City, California to teach literacy skills to non-native speakers of English. The literacy club pairs older students--"rapid readers"--with younger students--"little readers"--in a yearlong reading experience…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Pope, Lillie – 1976
This manual contains specific guidelines for setting up a viable tutorial program, for training the tutors, and for enlisting volunteers in such a program. Part one describes the specific, technical problems that will be faced by those who set up and direct the program. Part two discusses the training of tutors. Part three contains samples of the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Guidelines, Lay Teachers, Programed Tutoring
Dorsey, Mary E., Comp. – 1975
This handbook is designed for tutors in a language arts tutorial program for migrant students who are deficient in reading and language skills. Introductory materials discuss the special problems of migrant children, point to programs developed to meet their needs, and explain the basic design of the tutorial program. The handbook then discusses…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1976
Presented are an overview booklet, a project selection guide, and six Project Information Packages (PIPs) for six exemplary projects serving underachieving students in grades k through 9. The overview booklet outlines the PIP projects and includes a chart of major project features. A project selection guide reviews the PIP history, PIP contents,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Memory, David; Palmatier, Robert A. – 1975
The functional content unit on consumer credit is part of a system developed for tutor training and support for adult literacy programs. A key component of the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides (designed as training and reference aids for tutors) and Functional Content Units (intended to help tutors…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Memory, David; And Others – 1975
The functional content unit on getting and keeping a job is part of a system developed for tutor training and support for adult literacy programs. A key component of the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides (designed as training and reference aids for tutors) and Functional Content Units (intended to help…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
