School districts across the country are incorporating an equity and inclusion lens into all aspects of education to promote equitable opportunities that help students thrive, inclusive of all in the school community. Buffalo Public School’s work on Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education can provide a model for other districts to follow.
Citizen School: Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Program Model
Partnering with external or replicating high-quality afterschool programs provides students with opportunities for academic supports and enrichment that lead to positive outcomes. The Citizen Schools ELT programming model engages students in apprenticeships (that consist of hands-on learning projects) and activities to help students develop their organizational and study skills.
It’s About Time: Lessons from Expanded Learning Time
Partnering with external or replicating high-quality afterschool programs provides students with opportunities for academic supports and enrichment that lead to positive outcomes. Learn from It’s About Time, a report capturing the extended school day experiences of Meriden, CT and their positive outcomes.
Overview of Summer Acceleration Academies
Scheduling Acceleration Academies, intensive, small group (8-12 students) learning opportunities that take place over school vacations, can help students gain up to six months of learning through a single week. Washington, DC Public Schools’ Summer Acceleration Academies is designed to serve a targeted group of students at each school (approximately 10 to 35 percent) who …
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Equity Focused Resources: Toolkit for Tutoring Programs
Share this National Student Support Accelerator equity toolkit, specifically focused on tutors, with schools or hiring managers when recruiting, selecting and training tutors.
Session Structure for High-Dosage Tutoring from the National Student Support Accelerator
Similar to classroom instruction, tutoring sessions should be carefully planned, proactive and relate to the grade-level content students are learning in the classroom. Help leaders guide tutors to have consistent structure and flow in their tutoring session design using this exemplar tutoring session structure from the National Student Support Accelerator.
Information Brief: RTI Scheduling Processes for Middle Schools
School days are packed, but leaders must prioritize specific tutoring times in order to truly accelerate learning. This brief from the National Center on Response to Intervention has helpful approaches to and questions for optimal scheduling. See page four to learn more about how other institutions have established daily intervention classes.
Strategies for Scheduling: How to Find Time to Intensify and Individualize Intervention
School days are packed, but leaders must prioritize specific tutoring times in order to truly accelerate learning. Help schools find time in the day using these three strategies for scheduling from the National Center on Intensive Intervention.
EdWorkingPaper: A Blueprint for Scaling Tutoring Across Public Schools
Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core. Some tutoring models use recent college graduates who receive stipends and a recent paper from Brown University presents a scalable model where high school students tutor elementary students via an elective class, college students work in middle schools via federal work-study and college students are …
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High-Impact Tutoring: State of the Research and Priorities for Future Learning
Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core. Hiring highly qualified tutors are shown to have the most effective outcomes, though well-trained paraprofessionals or volunteers can reduce costs.