Reading tutoring

Reading Partners accelerates online tutoring plans to support urgent student needs

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Education, Behavior modification, E-learning, Learning, Cognition, Online tutoring, Reading Partners, Tutor, Intelligent tutoring system, Reading tutoring

In addition to offering its traditional in-person one-on-one literacy tutoring where it is safe to do so, Reading Partners is launching a new online tutoring program: Reading Partners Connects .

Key Points: 
  • In addition to offering its traditional in-person one-on-one literacy tutoring where it is safe to do so, Reading Partners is launching a new online tutoring program: Reading Partners Connects .
  • Reading Partners Connects is an innovative online program that will allow Reading Partners to continue to partner with schools and provide volunteer-led one-on-one literacy instruction to students in situations where school campuses are closed to volunteers or where students are in blended learning environments.
  • The program, which is a central part of a suite of innovations called Reading Partners Beyond , also expands Reading Partners ability to support even more students and families in the future.
  • For over 20 years , Reading Partners has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring.

AI Reading Tutor Recognized For Combating The COVID Slide

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Articles, Application software, Education, Teaching, Learning to read, Reading tutoring, Tutor, Amira Willighagen, Amira, Educational technology

2020 /PRNewswire/ --Amira, AI powered software for helping students become better readers, has received four new awards for effectiveness and innovation.

Key Points: 
  • 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Amira, AI powered software for helping students become better readers, has received four new awards for effectiveness and innovation.
  • These awards include:
    Right now, schools are looking for new ways to deliver remote learning and to help students catch up and recover from the Covid slide.
  • Amira's ability to help students accelerate reading mastery has resulted in significant recognition from independent evaluators as an important innovation.
  • "Amira is the perfect online solution for Reading Tutoring and is proven to mitigate the COVID gap."

Parentis Foundation Transcends Generations Through Online Learning

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Behavior modification, Learning, Teaching, Tutor, Cognition, Online tutoring, Parentis, Reading tutoring, Human behavior

Currently the only intergenerational reading support program providing online tutoring, the Parentis Foundation is dedicated to improving the literacy skills of struggling readers despite current circumstances preventing in-person sessions.

Key Points: 
  • Currently the only intergenerational reading support program providing online tutoring, the Parentis Foundation is dedicated to improving the literacy skills of struggling readers despite current circumstances preventing in-person sessions.
  • To support at-risk readers through this unprecedented time, Parentis Foundation is collaborating with its after-school program partners to ensure students' success.
  • In accordance with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, the foundation pivoted from providing in-person reading tutoring sessions to fully online virtual tutoring through:
    Training of tutors on Web conferencing tools.
  • Parentis Foundation changes lives by positively and significantly impacting both our older adult volunteers and the future generation of young readers.