United Way of Central Alabama is now partnering with Birmingham City Schools to offer a unique tutoring service to students who are struggling.
The program will be unique because it will be made up solely by college kids; all of whom go to school right here in the community. The program was created for one reason in particular though, and that’s to get back what COVID-19 took.
“Much of last year we were virtual because of Covid-19. Our test scores indicated that there was significant learning loss, particularly in mathematics. So this provides our students with a one to one tutor going in to the classroom to provide that extra support. We think we are going to have a huge bounce academically at the end of this year,” said Birmingham city schools superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan.
