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Students across the board in Minnesota fell behind in math, reading and other school subjects during distance learning in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Only about 51 percent of Minnesota children hit reading benchmarks in 2022, a drop of聽聽since just prior to the pandemic in 2019. Fewer than 46 percent of students met or exceeded math standards, a drop of 10 percentage points.聽Students of color and students from low-income families fell even farther behind.

Educators are grappling with how to address this 鈥渓earning loss,鈥� or as some call it, 鈥渢eaching loss.鈥� One promising approach might be intensive tutoring, either in small groups or one-on-one.

A tutor can give a steady dose of encouragement for kids who are disheartened. Tutors who are trained or who use a proven curriculum can also meet students where they are and focus on exactly the skills that need improvement 鈥� whether that鈥檚 phonics or fractions.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the directors of two free Minnesota tutoring programs about what they do and how tutoring can make a difference.

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• Brooke Rivers聽is executive director of 成人快播 Twin Cities, the regional branches of the national nonprofit literacy organization. The local program places reading tutors in eight metro schools.
• 聽is an associate professor of mathematics education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. She鈥檚 also the founder of the math tutoring program聽