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  • District-led parent mentor program promotes path to college for English learners

    Zaidee Stavely Betty Márquez Rosales

    February 17, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Whittier, California

    Padres Promotores del Camino al Éxito Universitario (Parent Mentors for the Road to College Success) is a three-month program at Whittier Union High School District that taps into the collective knowledge of parents of English learners and provides them with a medium to share that knowledge and/or mentor other parents. There is also a curriculum for parents that are part of the program, which includes "classes on managing stress during the pandemic," information about the district's special education program, and other related information. Parents now help lead, inform, and present at district meetings.

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  • L.A. Unified experiments with new tutoring program during pandemic

    Betty Márquez Rosales

    January 21, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Step Up is a pilot tutoring program that was launched to help students in the Los Angeles Unified School District navigate virtual learning during the pandemic. The program is only open to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, and pairs them up with tutors if their teachers opt into the program. So far, nine schools are part of the program, representing 402 students.

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