Can a Silicon Valley think tank help LAUSD disadvantaged kids catch up after falling way back during COVID?
More than 40 parents of low-income Black and Latino students in Los Angeles Unified School District met with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on a recent night at Faith & Hope Community Church in South Los Angeles, bringing with them plans for boosting their childrens’ learning loss during the pandemic.
“During the pandemic, students didn’t get adequate quality education, and now they’re dealing with trying to catch up and learning their current grade level,” said Rosie Coleman, a Carson parent. “So it’s almost double-duty for the students you’re catching up.” Innovate also organizes with parents on a state level. The organization will be advocating for parents’ push for more tutoring funding and accountability in next year’s state budget, according to Jennifer Perla, Innovate’s associate director of research and policy.
Larson said that one-on-one tutoring is one solution because it creates a connection between the tutor and the student, which addresses part of the student’s mental health and social needs. Parents want the funds to provide resources their children need to be successful, according to Pastor Peter Watts, Jr. a former LAUSD teacher, who criticized the $39 million unspent in the previous year. “Unused funds shortchange Black and Latino students,” Watts said, urging Carvalho to make full use of the funds this year.
While he agreed that there is a need for high-quality, one-on-one or small group in-person tutoring, Carvalho also asked parents to encourage students to attend tutoring sessions. He referred to a statistic presented by the parent groups, in which only 500 out of 5,000 students received BookNook, an online tutoring service.
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