On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Alan Safran, the CEO and co-founder of Saga Education, joins Mike and David to discuss best practices for high-impact tutoring. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam reports on a new study investigating the impacts of computer science education on early career outcomes.
Recommended content:
- “Could tutoring be the best tool for fighting learning loss?” —Anna Nordberg, The New York Times
- “White house calls for focus on tutoring, summer school, absenteeism as pandemic aid winds down” —Chalkbeat
- Liu, Jing, Cameron Conrad, and David Blazar, “Computer Science for All? The Impact of High School Computer Science Courses on College Majors and Earnings,” Annenberg Institute at Brown University (January 2024).
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