When Amanda Neitzel first evaluated a live virtual reading-tutoring program called AirReading two years ago, she found what most educators would have predicted: modest results. One semester of live video tutoring nudged struggling early readers forward by roughly a month’s worth of learning. But when she ran the study across a full school year, the difference was extraordinary. Literacy gains more than doubled.
Virtual tutoring: What started as a pandemic phenomenon has evolved from a temporary fix to an educational fixture
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