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CORE WAIVER SHORTCHANGES CALIFORNIA’S MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS
For immediate release: August 7, 2013 Media contact: Kristen Hawn press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 CORE WAIVER SHORTCHANGES CALIFORNIA’S MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WASHINGTON – Today, Stephanie Monroe, spokesperson for Tutor Our Children (TOC) and former Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of …
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Op-ed: Lack of tutoring services contributed to MSA score declines.
This Op-ed originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun on July 29th 2013 Op-ed: Lack of tutoring services contributed to MSA score declines. In response to your July 23rd article, “State test scores decline significantly,” the writers lament the lower student …
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House ESEA reauthorization bill fails to protect low-income students, parent choice in education
For immediate release: June 19, 2013 Media contact: Kristen Hawn press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 Washington – On Wednesday, June 19th, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce conducted a mark up of the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation that …
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Free Tutoring Is a Lifeline for Students in Low-Performing Schools
By Stephanie Monroe Originally published in: Roll Call May 24, 2013 Every year, tens of thousands of students across the country continue to struggle in low-performing schools with little or no access to the individual attention they need to succeed. For …
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Faith For Change joins Tutor Our Children in advocating free tutoring services
For immediate release: May 8, 2013 Media contact: Faith For Change: Joi Orr 202.870.1811 jorr@faithforchange.org Tutor Our Children: Kristen Hawn (301) 485-9553 press@tutorourchildren.org Faith For Change joins Tutor Our Children in advocating free tutoring services for disadvantaged students Washington – …
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Tutor Our Children Responds to Letter by Civil Rights Organizations to Secretary Duncan
For immediate release: May 1, 2013 Media contact: Kristen Hawn press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 Washington – Today, Tutor Our Children (TOC) issued the following statement in response to a letter by eight civil rights organizations to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan opposing waivers for …
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TUTOR OUR CHILDREN PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT: ROCKET LEARNING
For immediate release: April 14, 2013 Media contact: Kristen Hawn press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 TUTOR OUR CHILDREN PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT: ROCKET LEARNING Rocket Learning fights to preserve free tutoring services for low-income families The recent public debate over the state of our …
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Tutor Our Children joins America’s Promise Alliance and its Grad Nation Campaign
For immediate release: April 8, 2013 Media contact: press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 Tutor Our Children joins America’s Promise Alliance and its Grad Nation Campaign At Home, in School and in our Communities, Tutor Our Children Supports Federally Funded Tutoring Services as …
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Tutor Our Children endorses the “Student Advancement Act”
For immediate release: March 26, 2013 Media contact: press@tutorourchildren.org (301) 485-9553 Tutor Our Children endorses the “Student Advancement Act,” continues push for increased accountability, reform of federally funded tutoring services Washington – Today, Tutor Our Children (TOC) announced its endorsement …
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Free Tutoring is an Educational Lifeline for Students in Low-Performing Schools
Op-Ed Submission to the Houston Chronicle by Stephanie Monroe As a former Assistant Secretary for Education and representative of Tutor Our Children (TOC), I join thousands of our members, parents and teachers in supporting stronger oversight of federally funded tutoring …
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