“Tutoring Doesn’t Work” (According to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan)
No really, that’s what Secretary of Education said and while he doesn’t have any real education or teaching experience, he did go to Harvard (for sociology) so he must know these things.
As a result of this news, I spent Sunday afternoon writing a letter of concern to the Mansfield Board of Education. You see, the Mansfield Middle School Parent’s Association Newsletter just arrived. It leads with a picture and article bragging “These are some of the 80 UConn undergraduates who volunteered during the spring semester to work 1:1 with MMS students during X-Block…” It says that UConn Students helped Middle school students “work on homework completion, organization, and study skills each week.” Mrs. Dickinson, an award winning science teacher even took time out to make a cake for the UConn tutors as a way to say thank you.
Now I don’t want to be the village antagonist, but quite frankly, if tutoring is a waste, as
SES IS A MESS: Impacts of Title I Supplemental Educational Services on Student Achievement
Impacts of Title I Supplemental Educational Services on Student Achievement:
Impacts of Title I Supplemental Educational Services on Student Achievement
