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2021 Senior spotlight: Jaylin learned math through sports

A shared love of sports guided a tutor to help his student, a high school football player, to master the basics of math. When recent high school graduate Jaylin started […]

Filed Under: Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff, Uncategorized Tagged With: Han Schiet, high school senior, Jaylin, math, student spotlight

By Sher Spooner

2021 Senior spotlight: A’meena is ready for her next challenge

The most important lesson that graduating senior A’meena has gained from Cluster Tutoring is that she is always learning something new. A’meena was understandably frustrated to attend school remotely during […]

Filed Under: Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff, Uncategorized Tagged With: A'meenah, Alex McLeese, high school senior, student spotlight

By Sher Spooner

Children’s books win top honors

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the most prestigious awards for children’s and young adult literature for 2021 with its Youth Media Awards. The books and other […]

Filed Under: Home, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: American Library Association, Caldecott award, children's books, Coretta Scott King award, Newberry award, reading

By Sher Spooner

Merrick Garland: Attorney General and tutor

Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, has something he’s been doing besides sitting on the bench: Tutoring. Garland, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, […]

Filed Under: Home, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Attorney general, Merrick Garland, tutors

By Sher Spooner

Student Kevin thinks tutor Maggie Boyaris is a “Super Teacher”

​Tutors and students are finding all kinds of new ways to connect remotely this fall. But tutor Maggie Boyaris and her student, Kevin, seem to have them all beat — […]

Filed Under: Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff, Uncategorized Tagged With: Kevin, Maggie Boyaris, remote learning, tutors

By Sher Spooner

2020 Graduate Micah Baker tackles online college learning

Micah Baker is starting her freshman year at Howard University a lot differently than she thought she would. Micah expected to be at Howard’s Hilltop campus in Washington, D.C., by […]

Filed Under: College, Home, Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff, Uncategorized Tagged With: high school senior, Micah Baker, Nell Lurain

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