By Karen Campbell, Weakley County Schools Communications Director
Dresden, Tenn.–Ninety local educators will join a bank of thousands of online tutors to address the learning gaps of Weakley County students as two initiatives are launched this week.
After School Scholars is the area program deploying current, retired and student teachers as well as educational assistants to work individually and in small groups with students in grades 1-12 on identified deficits. Tutors were enlisted in the fall and completed training last week to begin the twice weekly option held at each school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for 90 minutes. More than 450 students were invited to participate based on test scores, classroom performance and whether or not they were already receiving intervention. To date, 313 have committed to the optional program.
The After School Scholars program includes access to tutor.com, a service by The Princeton Review, the leading tutoring, test prep, and college admission services company in the U.S. With a network of more than 4,000 teachers and tutors, online resources, and more than 150 print and digital books, endeavor comprises a community of thousands of tutors who have delivered more than 20 million one-to-one tutoring sessions in its 21-year history.
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