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Federal law requires commercial provider Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/105559236760880.xml http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/105559236760880.xml Students get free tutoring 06/16/03 WENDY Y. LAWTON Free tutoring -- from pre-algebra to SAT prep courses -- is available this summer for students at four struggling Portland schools. About 800 slots have been set aside for summer programs at Whitaker Middle School, and Jefferson, Roosevelt and Marshall high schools. Any student who attends one of the schools and who qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch is eligible. A family of four can earn as much as $33,485 and qualify. Although Roosevelt has filled its seats, there is room at the other schools. The six-week sessions, which start this month, are required by the federal No Child Left Behind law. It aims to improve learning by identifying academically struggling schools then pushing them to produce better results. Jefferson, Roosevelt and Marshall got on the law's warning list last year. Officials expect Whitaker to be added this summer. Under the law, the three high schools must allow students to transfer to other schools, and Jefferson and Roosevelt also must offer extra help to low-income students who stay. Summer classes are part of the package in Portland. Unlike typical summer programs, the sessions aren't just for students who have failed classes and need to earn credits. Any qualified student who wants help with reading, writing, math or study skills may sign up. But they won't be taught by teachers at the schools. Federal law requires struggling schools to contract with a commercial provider or a nonprofit that can prove it gets results. Kaplan Learning Services and the YMCA are among groups that will provide tutoring in Portland, using either licensed teachers or tutors with college degrees. Each school is offering different courses and schedules. But Dunya Minoo, the Portland Public Schools employee coordinating the programs, said there are similarities. All will offer help in reading and math. All will feature low student-teacher ratios. All will provide bus service or bus passes for students. High school programs will offer help for Spanish speakers. Minoo said word hasn't gotten out about the free tutoring. "A lot of people have heard of the new law, and they know that they can transfer out of these schools," she said. "But they don't know there is extra help for them if they stay." For more information or to sign up, call the schools. Jefferson High: 503-916-5180; Marshall High: 503-916-5240; Whitaker Middle: 503-916-5620

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