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Thursday, May 20, 2021   View Larger + Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green have announced the launch of hundreds of free classes, work-based learning programs, college credit courses, and other learning opportunities available to all Rhode Island students this summer.  Over 350 new courses are now available for viewing and registration on EnrollRI.org. “Expanding families’ access to high-quality learning programs being offered throughout Rhode Island will help close the learning gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said McKee. “Our...

As the United States and its schools enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers, educators, and families are struggling to address everything from learning loss among K-12 students to new pressures befalling the country’s nearly 7 million adult learners. Increasingly, they are narrowing in on an old, but potentially now groundbreaking, intervention: tutoring.  There is a bipartisan push for expanding tutoring in schools, whether through a new national “tutoring corps,” a constellation of innovative initiatives such as the free global platform schoolhouse.world, or so...

As the United States and its schools enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers, educators, and families are struggling to address everything from learning loss among K-12 students to new pressures befalling the country’s nearly 7 million adult learners. Increasingly, they are narrowing in on an old, but potentially now groundbreaking, intervention: tutoring.  There is a bipartisan push for expanding tutoring in schools, whether through a new national “tutoring corps,” a constellation of innovative initiatives such as the free global platform schoolhouse.world, or so...

Schoolhouse.world is an online platform that connects people around the world to free, small-group tutoring sessions. It currently offers tutoring in high school math and SAT prep, and aims to expand to more ages and topics soon.  Rhode Island students will be able to register for Schoolhouse.world through RIDE’s recently revamped All Course Network (ACN).  RIDE opened registration for the ACN last week, with triple the number of course offerings than the previous year, on a statewide educational access portal, EnrollRI. Students can register now for Schoolhouse tutoring at EnrollRI.org/A...

The initiative is free to RI families. Schoolhouse.world was launched in early 2020 by Sal Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy online learning website, to help students who are falling behind due to COVID-19. Rhode Island is one of the first states in the country to partner with Schoolhouse.world to offer this free service for students statewide in grades 6-12. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST Signing up for the website is quirky. And, it takes a few minutes to be "approved." After being approved you receive a confirmation email. It is the gateway ...