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Tutoring is part of a growing list of approaches schools districts are exploring to help students this summer who have struggled during the pandemic. News5 learned how two local students behind "Tutors For Change" plan to do their part to help.
This story is being provided for free as part of a series on childcare during the COVID pandemic, powered by the Solutions Journalism Network and dedicated to delivering solution-oriented stories about problems our community is facing. Parents and guardians were forced to become ad-hoc teachers when schools shut down last March, and for many, their algebra and geometry chops were rusty. They weren't able to aid their kids' math pursuits at home – fractions, decimals, linear equations – in the same way they could reading. It wasn't only due to a lack of remembrance from their own schooling...
KXLY May 6, 2021 7:05 PM Elenee Dao Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — Students are learning in class again, but it doesn’t mean they’re caught up on everything they should know. Research shows students are falling behind in learning. Between those months of virtual learning, transitioning to hybrid, then full time, there was no stability. Even with many students back in school again, there is no guarantee they would be in class every day. The uncertainties of the virus still lingers. West Valley High School just had to shift all its students to virtual learning for a w...
KXLY May 6, 2021 7:05 PM Elenee Dao COPYRIGHT 4 NEWS NOW SPOKANE, Wash. — Students are learning in class again, but it doesn’t mean they’re caught up on everything they should know. Research shows students are falling behind in learning. Between those months of virtual learning, transitioning to hybrid, then full time, there was no stability. Even with many students back in school again, there is no guarantee they would be in class every day. The uncertainties of the virus still lingers. West Valley High School just had to shift all its students to virtual learn...
KXLY May 6, 2021 12:49 PM Elenee Dao Jeff Chiu SPOKANE, Wash. – It’s been a year of instability for many people, including students. The pandemic has had an effect on students’ learning, making some fall behind in school. In the last year, students have been learning virtually, going to hybrid, then some went to full-time, in-person learning. Studies show that constant change and learning virtually has put some kids behind in school, reflecting in some test scores. The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) compared math scores from fall of 2019 to 2020 with st...