We need a ‘national tutoring corps’ to fix gaps in our children’s education before college
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Amid the chaos currently afflicting higher education, there is another slow-moving disaster that has us all worried. The pandemic inflicted untold injury on the educational achievements of young people. In higher education, we already see the results on high school students, but we fret even more about the impact on little kids, the disruption of that all-important early childhood education. It is a ticking time bomb that cannot wait to be addressed until students come to our campuses, or worse, fail to come to college at all. Unless the nation does something, we all will take a serious hit in global competitiveness, to say nothing of our children’s opportunities.
Originally published: May 19, 2024
Author: Tania Tetlow
Position: President
Institution: Fordham University
Published by: The Hill