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Does Tutoring Help Students? 2500 Studies Say “Yes”… Possibly.
Does Tutoring Help Students? 2500 Studies Say “Yes”… Possibly. 1000 535 martinp

At the beginning of this year, 2023, the U.K.-based Education Endowment Foundation published the results of a meta-study of more than 2,500 studies of what helps, (and what doesn’t really…

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Primer: Practical Online Teaching Strategies to Overcome Unique Teaching Challenges
Primer: Practical Online Teaching Strategies to Overcome Unique Teaching Challenges 1200 798 martinp

In my experience, the majority of online teachers are guiding children and young people between the ages of 8 and 15, and so have access to many resources for curriculum,…

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China’s evolving regulations for online ESL classes
China’s evolving regulations for online ESL classes 800 533 martinp

Over the course of this summer the online ESL-tutoring industry serving China has been hit with the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane. The Chinese Ministry of Education in June…

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Susie wishes me a happy Christmas
Susie wishes me a happy Christmas 150 150 martinp

Many of the kids I teach are aware of our (Canadian) holidays and give me warm wishes, but when a kid goes out of their way to produce and send…

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