A coruscating barrage of dispatches from his sniper.s post, Cruel Britannia celebrates Cohen.s lonely stand. no one is better at getting under the Government.s skin. Even Downing Street Policy Advisor Andrew Adonis was forced to concede that. Whether he is tearing into Labour.s plans to privatize the prison system and introduce curfews for teenagers, or detailing the government.s cozying up to Rupert Murdoch and the hot money traders in the City, Cohen maintains a peerless grasp on the power that flows from fusing invective with scrupulous investigation. column and a writer who has regularly identified Labour.s Third Way as the mid-point between truth and lies, decency and hypocrisy, honesty and corruption. Step forward Nick Cohen, denizen of the Observer newspaper.s celebrated. “It’s a time of imminent need,” Cohen said, “and this is just one way people our age can step up.While the rest of the media lounge in the warm glow of New Labour.s rosy dawn, one journalist in Britain has been a consistently sharp and witty scourge of Tony Blair and his bandwagon babes. The goal, she says, is simply to match interested college students with families who think they might benefit from it. “It seems like a great thing to be doing right now,” he said, “as long as the families are receptive to it.”įor her part, Cohen said she doesn’t have broader ambitions for the platform beyond the summer, since students may be able to return to school. But at zero cost, he added, there isn’t much of a harm in trying.
The program’s limited training and time spent with students, at just an hour a week, would likely mean that its effects are modest, Pallas suggested. He also pointed to evidence that individual tutoring can boost student learning. (Cohen said she is not aware of any tutors violating these terms.)Īaron Pallas, a professor at Teachers College, said organizations like EduMate could help students navigate a particularly disruptive moment emotionally by connecting them with young adult tutors who may identify with them. They also require that tutors agree not to meet their student matches in person, record their sessions without permission, or share inappropriate material. EduMate vets tutors primarily by confirming they have an email address connected to an education institution. Officials have concerns about the ability to fingerprint tutors and ensure student privacy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The city is, however, “exploring options for virtual tutoring resources.” The city’s education department does not have a formal relationship with EduMate, said spokesperson Nathaniel Styer. “It’s not just strictly SAT prep sometimes we talk about what’s going on in our own life.” “I actually look forward to it,” Vasquez said, adding that it has been helpful to have another person in her life she can relate to. Her tutoring sessions involve practice SAT problems, but also help with grammar and other school assignments. Vasquez, who lives in Sunset Park and is the daughter of a home health aide and a building maintenance worker, said she would likely have not been able to afford tutoring on her own. Tutors come from a range of colleges, including highly selective private schools as well as SUNY and CUNY campuses, Cohen said.Īileen Vasquez, a sophomore at Beacon High School, said she jumped at the chance to sign up for SAT tutoring when her school’s student government posted about EduMate on its Instagram account. All sessions are conducted remotely, either by video chat or phone, and the group is planning to continue offering help over the summer. for students in grades K-5 (though it only serves students who speak English for now).ĮduMate offers tutoring in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Urdu, and Spanish. The city’s teachers union is also operating a homework help line called Dial-A-Teacher, which operates Monday through Thursday from 4-7 p.m. EduMate is one of several resources available to students, including tutoring offered by the city’s public library.
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