Connecticut is covering all the bases by trying out a new and improved tutoring method that includes lots of extra instruction, AND cash:
This week, two dozen middle school students will begin an intensive education program run by the Norwalk Housing Authority, with extra instruction in math and language arts and parent involvement. Aside from the improved grades and standardized test scores that are expected for the sixth- and seventh-graders involved in the Housing Authority's Work Study Academy, the students, who live in public housing, will also receive $1,000 stipends for participating.Organizers say the money is a way to reward the students for the extra work and teach them early about managing their finances by holding an extra seminar about saving their earnings.
Well, given that they live in public housing, I suppose it's not too much of a stretch to assume that their parents aren't necessarily experts in managing finances. The program wasn't for everyone; student and parents faced an extensive entry process. Thus, the results won't generalize to the entire student-in-public-housing population - but it WILL be interesting to see if it works.
Posted by kswygert at September 19, 2005 12:23 PM