Papaya Tutor wants to do our part in welcoming students back to school in August and September by offering a Back-To-School special. Every summer there is a learning loss and students will start at lower academic achievement levels than they did in the beginning of summer break. According to Brookings “seems summer loss and summer …
I grew up on the south side of Chicago and growing up I didn’t know anyone that had private tutors. We had our parents and older siblings, perhaps a group of friends that helped each other with homework or test preparation. However, living in the suburbs of Chicago I soon realized that many parents today hire …
The U.S. Department of Education has stated that 250,000 tutors are needed to deal with learning from from Covid-19. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Ed. D. stated, “We can help all children make up for unfinished learning, recover from the pandemic, and prepare for future success – both inside and outside the classroom.” Papaya – STEM Student Marketplace is perfectly …
The Bureau of Labor Statistics put out their Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report or (OEWS) which shows that careers based on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math continue to be much in demand. This was only accelerated by the pandemic. https://lnkd.in/g4M9Mudp Overall, STEM occupations saw an annual mean wage of $100,900, compared with $55,260 for non-STEM occupations. The demand …
There are many reasons why children should learn programming at an early age. Let’s look at a few of them. Activates brain’s learning centersAccording to a Carnegie Mellon study, coding activates five obvious mind regions which are related to “language processing, working memory, and problem-solving”. The study found that coding initiates different regions within the brain. …
At the beginning of the Pandemic, the Washington Post determined the following: “Teenagers in the United States continue to lag behind their peers in East Asia and Europe in math and science, according to results of an international exam that suggest U.S. schools are not doing enough to prepare young people for the competitive global …
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Biden Administration encourages schools and school districts to “use the $122 billion in ARP funds to provide high-quality tutoring, summer learning and enrichment, and afterschool programs that are proven pathways to helping students make up for lost learning time and succeed in school and in life…” Papaya – STEM Student Marketplace helps schools maximize those funds …
“Early in elementary school, many children already believe that boys are more interested than girls in computer science and engineering”. This is according to a recently released study from the University of Houston and University of Washington. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2100030118 The study surveyed 2500 students in elementary school to learn about stereotypes regarding boys’ and girls’ interest …
There is a STEM retention issue happening in education which will continue to have a major impact on the labor market and the future economy. There are many reasons why STEM students drop out, lose interest or change majors prior to graduating in science, technology, engineering or math. Only about 4% of 9th grade students …
Recently the Texas Standard published an article highlighting some of the issues with the new SB4545 Texas tutoring law. Several educators and administrators have said that the “requirement is impossible to meet”. Article Emily Donaldson, the education reporter for The Dallas Morning News underscored the difficulty of trying to tutor more than 2 million Texas …
