Wanted in Dallas ISD: 1,800 tutors to help students catch up after COVID-19 disruptions
Texas | May 16, 2021
Students in dozens of Dallas public schools will have access to a new after-school program next year to help them make up for learning opportunities lost to the pandemic.
It’s part of an ambitious plan to expand tutoring and other enrichment activities as kids grapple with the academic and emotional reverberations of COVID-19.
Dallas ISD will pay for three hours of after-school programming five days a week at 61 schools, featuring tutoring hubs, athletics and the arts. At the same time, the district is bulking up its pool of tutors who will provide consistent academic help to students during the school day.
“It’s going to help us significantly with learning loss and that’s really our biggest objective,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said…
(Excerpts from the Dallas Morning News)