ERIC Number: EJ1323973
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 21
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A Blueprint for Scaling Tutoring and Mentoring across Public Schools
Kraft, Matthew A.; Falken, Grace T.
AERA Open, v7 n1 Jan-Dec 2021
In this thought experiment, we explore how to make access to individualized instruction and academic mentoring more equitable by taking tutoring to scale as a permanent feature of the U.S. public education system. We first synthesize the tutoring and mentoring literature and characterize the landscape of existing tutoring programs. We then outline a blueprint for integrating federally funded and locally delivered tutoring into the school day. High school students would serve as tutors/mentors in elementary schools via an elective class, college students in middle schools via federal work-study, and 2- and 4-year college graduates in high schools via AmeriCorps. We envision an incremental, demand-driven expansion process with priority given to high-needs schools. Our blueprint highlights a range of design tradeoffs, implementation challenges, and program costs. We estimate that targeted approaches to scaling school-wide tutoring nationally, such as focusing on K-8 Title I schools, would cost between $5 and $16 billion annually.
Descriptors: Tutoring, Mentors, Public Schools, Access to Education, Equal Education, Cross Age Teaching, Individualized Instruction, National Programs, Program Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Costs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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