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Texas PTA Combats Summer Learning Loss While Raising Funds
Texas PTA Combats Summer Learning Loss While Raising Funds
PITTSBURGH, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- According to John Hopkins University
Center for Summer Learning, students lose (on average) approximately 2.6
months of grade-level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the
summer months. Making matters worse, teachers spend four to six weeks
reviewing what was learned in previous years once students return. To combat
this summer learning loss, the Texas Parent and Teacher Association (PTA) has
joined forces with Apangea Learning to provide students unlimited math
tutoring over the summer months.
Apangea Learning provides students personalized, one-on-one math tutoring
through its unique combination of Web-based instruction and live, online
teachers. Students tutored by Apangea Learning are automatically enrolled in
the company's motivation program, which includes a rewards system for work
completed, contests and random opportunities to win meaningful prizes (iPods,
Nintendo DS Lites, gift cards, etc.).
Utilized by school districts throughoutTexas (andthe United States),
Apangea Learning's proven approach to math tutoring has helped thousands of
Texan students achieve significant academic success within the classroom.
According to Mayen Nelson of the Houston Independent School District, 21
of her 26 eighth graders passed the TAKS exam because of the Apangea Learning
program.
"I passed my TAKS exam. I'm going to high school!" Powerful words that
Frida, a student at Grand Prairie Independent School District, thought she
would never be able to say.
Through this partnership with the Texas PTA, parents can now purchase a
full summer of individualized math tutoring for $100, of which $20 will be
donated back to the parents' local PTA. Parents can enroll their children at
www.apangealearning.com/TexasPTA.
"The Texas PTA is very excited about our partnership with Apangea
Learning. Not only are we helping to overcome summer learning loss, but also
providing our members a great and easy way to raise funds this summer," stated
Isaac Simon, Texas PTA's Director of Marketing and Fund Development.
About Apangea Learning: Apangea Learning is setting a new standard in the
way students learn. The company's groundbreaking SmartHelp tutoring solution
enables students to dramatically improve achievement, at the most cost-
effective price. SmartHelp provides differentiated math instruction for every
student via a multi-tiered escalation model that integrates its intelligent
tutoring system and live one-on-one human tutors. It utilizes innovative Web-
based technology that engages students and teaches essential problem-solving
skills. Apangea Learning's solutions are based on one of the world's largest
bodies of cognitive research and are aligned to both the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and with individual state math standards.
Visit Apangea Learning on the Web at www.apangealearning.com.
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