As a special educator with seven years» experience as a public school teacher and now seven
more as a private tutor, I've worked with students with huge academic and behavioral challenges.
Not exact matches
For instance, parents with children in schools identified
as underachieving for two or
more consecutive years are guaranteed the right to obtain supplemental educational services such
as private tutoring, paid for with their children's share of federal Title I funds.
The Trust is also recommending that
more private tuition agencies provide a certain proportion of their tuition to disadvantaged pupils for free,
as well
as an expansion of non-profit and state tuition programmes that connect
tutors with disadvantaged schools.
Education Savings Accounts (sometimes known
as opportunity scholarships) which allow students to have their own personal education accounts funded by a major portion of their state allocation to their public school district, allowing them to choose a variety of
private schools,
tutors, online learning options and
more.
Sanctions under NCLB ranged from mandating unregulated
tutoring and allowing students to transfer out, to
more serious interventions such
as firing all staff and / or handing schools over to
private operators.
It's also important to remember that less than 7 % of the differences in student learning are attributable to in - school factors, such
as teacher quality — with
more than 90 % of the difference being a function of out - of - school factors, like test prep
tutors,
private music lessons and the resources to purchase instruments, after school sports, and access to travel, concerts, books, and movies.