An overwhelming majority of Californians think not enough state funding is going to their public schools and that K-12 education is the area they most want to protect from spending cuts, according to a recent survey.
“Californians and Education,” an annual survey released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), found 62 percent of Californians polled who think their local schools aren’t receiving enough state funding. That’s a 12 point increase from last year’s survey.
McGuire is a tutor with the DPS Reading Corps, a regional effort that has attracted more than 5,400 volunteers to help Detroit students learn to read. After four months of training, screenings and juggling an enormous response from people in 130 municipalities. The Detroit resident said she believes it will make a difference.
Princeton Review Inc. (REVU) said it would exit the smallest of its three businesses, supplementary educational services, or SES, after scaling it back because of changes in government funding for the programs. Earlier this month, the company reported revenue in the SES business, which provides state-aligned tutoring, dropped 43% as it reined in the operations.
In Los Angeles, staffers at a public high school that drew national attention for a mass firing earlier this year have reached a deal to keep their jobs. The ninety-three teachers and personnel at the School had been told they’d be let go at the end of the school year over low achievement scores and graduation rates. But months of talks led to a deal Monday calling for increased teacher evaluations and student tutoring.
Students work in a small group of their peers with one tutor to enhance their skills. Work within the group is prescriptive. The program provides computer-assisted instruction along with a variety of hands-on materials under the direction of experienced teachers from the community.
The latest Academic Performance Index results show some positive trends for LAUSD, such as 158 schools meeting a target score of 800 points (on a 200-1000 point scale), up from 141 schools last year. Also, 33 district schools were ranked among the top 10 percent of schools statewide.The results show that while many LAUSD schools are improving their API scores each year, they are not quite keeping with overall API gains statewide.
A benefit to support Reading Coaches for Kids, is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mayflower Greenhouse, 726 Airport Drive. Reading Coaches is a volunteer tutoring program serving the Green Bay and Howard-Suamico school districts. Tutors work with students primarily in kindergarten through third grade who struggle with reading.
-Free prep from the series of websites by FREE Tuturs, www.ACTTutors.com
-Free prep work offered by high school
-Free tools available through the College Board
-Discounted group coursework
-One-on-one tutoring and online tutoring
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The tutor Jeff Smith, who mentors and tutors students at the Sand Springs Sixth Grade Center, doesn’t just rely on the answers in the book, but does the math problems himself so he can check his students’ work. Smith drives from Tulsa to Sand Springs nearly every day to spend the entire school day volunteering, but he doesn’t like being called a tutor or a teacher. He refers to himself as a mentor.
