by aspire | Dec 14, 2023 | Academic support tutor, Better grades, Education, exams, finals, Grades, Rhode Island Tutors, RITES, RITES Programs, School stress, struggling, study skills, study skills curriculum, Summer academics, Test-taking, Tutoring
RITES Proven Study Skills Approach = Better Grades and Improved Test Scores Why Do Middle School Study Skills Matter? Good organization and study skills impact not just academic performance, but employment prospects and job success down the road. Someone who already...
by aspire | Oct 23, 2023 | academic slide, Donations, Education, equity, Financial Aid, Financial Assistance, Giving, Help, learning loss, Reading, struggling, struggling readers, Uncategorized
Meet Mya This earnest-looking young lady with the big, soulful eyes is Mya. We met her back in 2020. She attends a local parochial school, but she is persistently behind her peers academically. Her mom found RITES, learned that we have a financial assistance program,...
by aspire | Apr 12, 2023 | dyslexia, dyslexia tutoring programs, Education, learning difficulties/differences, orton gillingham, Orton-Gillingham Tutors, Reading, Reading & Writing, Reading Difficulties, Reading skills, reading tutors, Rhode Island Tutors, RITES Programs, Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, struggling readers, Uncategorized
What Is Structured Literacy? Structured Literacy approaches emphasize highly explicit and systematic teaching of all crucial literacy components. Instruction begins with foundational skills, such as decoding and spelling. Then, teaching continues with higher-level...
by aspire | Sep 21, 2022 | dyslexia, dyslexia learning center, dyslexia tutoring programs, Education, learning difficulties/differences, orton gillingham, Orton-Gillingham Tutors, Reading, Reading & Writing, Reading Difficulties, Reading skills, reading tutors, reluctant readers, Rhode Island Tutors, Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, struggling readers, Uncategorized
What to Know about the Science of Reading The Science of Reading is for everyone, and it is particularly important to support students with Dyslexia and students who struggle to read. The science of reading is the result of 50 years of studies and data from many...
by aspire | Dec 15, 2021 | Donations, Education, equity, Equity in Education, Giving, Rhode Island Tutors, RITES Programs
Equality and Equity in Education Everyone deserves access to quality education. When we educate, we empower. Equality and Equity in education are not the same. Equity is when one person learns in one way, and another person learns in a different way, but they each...
by aspire | Oct 7, 2021 | academic slide, anxiety, anxiety, back to school, communication, coping, Covid-19, Education, Help, help for home, help with school, learning difficulties/differences, learning loss, managing, Parents, regression, RITES, School stress, struggling, summer slide, Uncategorized
Part 3: Keep talking Keep Talking: You and Your Child Your child may go through different phases of reaction to managing in-person school with COVID concerns. It is a fluid process for us all. The added stress of maintaining vigilance with protocols, while trying to...
