Most US kids aren’t gaining fast enough in reading and math. These schools are different [apnews.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/11/253:00 PM

^{Students work in a classroom at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)}

By Anne Ma and Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press, Image: Eric Thayer/AP Photo, February 11, 2025

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing.

In-class tutors and “data chats” at her middle school in Compton, California, have made a dramatic difference, the 11-year-old said. She proudly pulled up a performance tracker at a tutoring session last week, displaying a column of perfect 100% scores on all her weekly quizzes from January.

Since the pandemic first shuttered American classrooms, schools have poured federal and local relief money into interventions like the ones in Harmoni’s classroom, hoping to help students catch up academically following COVID-19 disruptions.

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