Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Monday that Ohio is awarding over $26 million in grant funding to support accelerated learning for Ohio students.
Six high-quality tutoring vendors across the state will receive grant funding totaling over $26 million as part of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief to provide tutoring services across the state at no cost to schools and districts.
According to a statement from DeWine e-mailed to reporters, investing this grant funding into tutoring programs will help support Ohio students.
“Ohio is investing in programs that make a difference for students, including high-quality tutoring programs. This is a new, important resource for our schools and districts,” DeWine said.
This grant opportunity complements Future Forward Ohio, another program through the Ohio Department of Education, which encompasses the state’s strategic priorities for using federal funds to help students recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on the students who had the most disruptions to their education. High-dosage tutoring is a key component of Future Forward Ohio.
According to the press release, research shows high-dosage tutoring can produce “large learning gains for a wide range of students, including those who have fallen behind academically.”
The state has already given Statewide Mathematics and Literacy Tutoring Grants worth $14 million to colleges and universities in Ohio that want to start or grow one-on-one or small-group mathematics and literacy tutoring programs for Ohio’s K–12 students. Furthermore, Ohio was one of only five states to receive a grant from the national nonprofit Accelerate to support ongoing student recovery from the pandemic through evidence-based tutoring strategies.
Dr. Chris Woolard, interim superintendent of public instruction, said that high-quality tutoring opportunities are critical to raising student achievement in Ohio.
“Future Forward Ohio is focused on accelerating learning, and we know high-quality tutoring helps students learn. These high-quality tutoring opportunities are a critical tool for raising student achievement in Ohio,” Woolard said.
According to DeWine, children are the future of Ohio, and the state owes it to them to give them the best chance to excel at learning.
“I want to see all children have the opportunity to succeed,” DeWine said.
DeWine said that schools and districts can apply to the Ohio Department of Education to access these state-funded high-quality tutoring programs. Districts and schools may apply for services from six tutoring providers, including Amplify, Book Nook, Catapult Learning West, Cignition, Huntington Learning Centers, and Varsity Tutors for Schools. According to the press release, these tutoring services will be available in the 2023-2024 school year.
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Hannah Poling is a lead reporter at The Ohio Star, The Star News Network, and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Hannah on Twitter @HannahPoling1. Email tips to [email protected]
