Texas PTA Combats Summer Learning Loss While Raising Funds
Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 09:00 CDT
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 throughout Texas (and the 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 http://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 http://www.apangealearning.com/.
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CONTACT: Brian D. Wallace of Apangea Learning, +1-412-894-9943
Web site: http://www.apangealearning.com/
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