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Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.

New article in Washington Monthly highlights the transformative impact of new tutoring programs funded by the Biden administration and bipartisan governors. The pandemic widened the achievement gap, but innovative, high-impact tutoring is bridging it, offering a hopeful path forward for America's schools.

🌟 Key Highlights:

➡ High-Impact Tutoring Works: Programs where students work in small groups with the same tutor three times a week show remarkable results. According to our founding director Susanna Loeb, ""The effects we see for high-impact tutoring are larger than what we see for most other education interventions, including class-size reduction, extended day, and technology support for students.""
➡ The Gains are Impressive: Students in high-impact tutoring programs gain an average of four additional months of learning in elementary literacy and nearly ten months in secondary school math.
➡ There's Bipartisan Support: Both Democratic and Republican policymakers are embracing the tutoring strategy, with proposed funding to sustain and expand these programs beyond the pandemic relief efforts.

💡 Future Prospects:

➡ Potential to establish a new, bipartisan movement focused on improving public education.
➡ Programs like Teach For America's Ignite Fellowship and AmeriCorps are leveraging college students as tutors, offering meaningful employment and fostering a new generation of educators.
➡ Innovative models, such as outcomes-based contracting, ensure accountability and maximize public funds' impact.

With promising results and growing support, high-impact tutoring could reshape the educational landscape, providing equitable learning opportunities for all students. Let's champion this movement and invest in the future of our nation's children.

Full article by Thomas Toch and Liz Cohen (FutureEd) here: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/06/23/public-educations-reinforcements/

WEBINAR: Applying Lessons from Advocacy Research to Expand Tutoring in Public Education What led to the rapid spread and adoption of tutoring as a solution? What will it take to bring tutoring to the scale? And what can the science of advocacy teach us about how other policy ideas might…

Non-credit college remedial courses are a big factor in students leaving with debt but no degree. Attempts to reform "dev-ed" took off with a bang in the 2010s, but since then progress has stalled. Our latest report shows what went wrong and how fixing dev-ed can get back on track.

Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.

FREE Virtual Summit June 5th at 12 pm ET | Registration Required
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Join us for an interactive, 3-hour virtual summit and explore the evidence-based power of high-impact tutoring in the age of AI. This event is designed for educators at all levels, superintendents, state and district leaders, and edtech innovators.

Here’s what you’ll gain:

1️⃣ Harness the Power of Evidence: Investigate the most current National Student Support Accelerator’s research on effective tutoring program design. We will focus on critical program design principles, examining the effectiveness of in-person vs. online methods and the impact of different settings, like schools vs. community centers, on student attendance and success.

2️⃣ AI and the Future of Tutoring: Explore the ethical implications and transformative potential of integrating AI into human supported high-impact tutoring. We’ll discuss how AI can enhance (and detract from) relationship-based tutoring, equity in low-resourced areas, and early formative detection of learning gaps and special needs.

3️⃣ Real-World Tutor Data Collection Strategies: Long-term funding for High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) programs post-ESSER requires robust data collection from program participants and credible assessments. Join industry-leading panelists and moderators who are advancing HIT programs and capturing high-fidelity data to demonstrate their significant impacts, all deserving of sustainable reinvestment.

4️⃣ Adapting to a Post-ESSER World: Navigate the funding landscape as ESSER funds come to an end. Learn about innovative and sustainable funding strategies and expansion-models for delivering high-impact tutoring that secures long-term success.

Industry experts include:
MATT BARROW, Director of Differentiated Learning - Baltimore City Public Schools
LIZ COHEN, Policy Director - FutureEd
JASON GODFREY, Director of Data Science - Accelerate
JIMMY LEAK, Research Analyst - Guilford County Schools - Guilford County Schools
ALEX SARLIN, Discovery Program Lead - Cambiar Education

Conflicts over how to serve advanced learners have sparked headlines and lawsuits. Yet millions of capable students remain underserved. Supporters of traditional gifted-and-talented programs, magnet and exam schools, etc. square off against progressives who advocate dismantling these programs without providing effective strategies to support students who want advanced learning opportunities.

But there is a third way, and a handful of states and districts are already pursuing it.

In our latest report, Peg Tyre profiles forward-thinking states and districts that are making advanced education more equitable and accessible while still offering much-needed academic rigor. From universal screening in North Carolina and college courses for middle-schoolers in southwest Arizona, to expanding access to advanced learning in big school districts like New York City and Montgomery County, MD, the report provides valuable lessons for policymakers nationwide.

Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education A new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity, profiling school districts in Arizona, New York City, and Montgomery County

Check out the impactful tutoring at Great Oaks Charter School NYC! With AmeriCorps, every math and ELA class integrates small-group tutoring.

The impact? Last year’s tutored students showed significant progress, surpassing expectations!

Read about it in the FutureEd & Student Support Accelerator’s tutoring report: https://www.future-ed.org/learning-curve-lessons-from-the-tutoring-revolution-in-public-education/

Episode 2: Small is the New Big AdvocacyLabs is an initiative between 50CAN and FutureEd at Georgetown University that provides fresh thinking and rigorous insight into how policy change ha...