Emanuel vows to expand promising program that combines math tutoring and mentoring

In response to the stunning results of a report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that he will expand a current tutoring and mentoring program to include 1,000 male students in 12 Chicago Public Schools.  The report focused on the 106 students at Harper High School who have learned in eight months what an average American high school students takes three years to learn.  These students, along with the other 600 currently in the program, receive math tutoring facilitated by Match Tutors as well as emotional and counseling support through Youth Guidance's BAM program.

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Is algebra the key to keeping boys in school and off the streets?

In a recent segment on Al-Jazeera America, Match Tutors was spotlighted for its current work in Chicago Public Schools, tutoring hundreds of at-risk young males in freshmen algebra. Match was hired by the University of Chicago to provide the academic services for a two-year randomized controlled trial facilitated by the university's Urban Education Lab.

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Blog Series: It Takes...

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently highlighted seven of the top charter schools in the country and the specific ways in which each school addresses the question, "What does it take to prepare students for college, get them accepted, and make sure they are successful once there?" Match Education was featured as one of the seven schools, as well as on the network's Facebook page.

To read the full blog posting, click here.

To visit the Facebook page for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, click here.