The Polk County School District hopes to reduce COVID learning gaps through a $4.75 million contract with Varsity Tutors for online tutoring and lessons, which will have the potential to reach nearly 40,000 students districtwide. Superintendent Frederick Heid told the School Board at its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 13 […]
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Many districts have invested in online tutoring as an academic recovery strategy, partly because staffing shortages make it difficult to find in-person tutors. But research says it will take more than on-demand homework help for most students to make academic gains. That’s because online homework help doesn’t ensure a consistent […]
Tutoring works. That’s been the message for schools and educators since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with lots of research to back it up. But pervasive staffing problems have gotten in the way. That is, until online tutoring came along. For decades, companies like Varsity Tutors and FEV Tutor have been […]
