Did you ever need a little extra help with a school subject? At some point or another, almost all of us have. Whether its been something like handwriting or learning letters to diagramming a sentence or geometry, weve all had times when weve struggled in school. (This does not mean the struggle we had staying awake in early morning classes!) While classroom teachers are doing everything they can to help their students and facilitate learning, they cant do it all. They need help. The Memphis Schools school board leaders struggled with this issue. Heres one way theyre trying to help these struggling Memphis Schools students (and their teachers).
The Memphis Schools system has created a department to handle the recruitment and organization of community members who are willing and able to donate time and effort mentoring students. As stated on the Memphis City Schools website, helping one child learn helps us all. Children must master basic reading and mathematics skills to succeed in life, and all of them can. But some need a little extra help and a little extra time. Some of them need you.
Memphis Schools are calling on the entire community to help tutor students,...