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November 21, 2003 School Zone: By Jose de Jesus He's behind in science class and needs to catch up on about 10 assignments.
But thanks to some professors and students at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay, Sutton will get the work done.
"I think the tutor will help me with my homework," the 12-year-old Sutton
said.
The educators help Sutton and other seventh- and eighth-grade students
at Washington Middle School as part of a Mentoring Tutoring Program.
The program is aimed at helping students with their homework and providing
them with one-on-one help, said Stacey Siudzinski, program coordinator.
Juliet Cole of UWGB's Institute for Learning Partnership said she's
trying to help the kids do well academically.
"We are aware that children of color are not doing as well as their
white counterparts," she said. "When we found out that the kids were several
assignments behind, that of course would explain the low academic scores."
Crystal Ward, 12, said she has struggled with two classes — math
and social studies — and hopes tutoring works.
"They have been helping me," she said. "We go to the library, and she
tutors me."
Ward, a seventh-grader, said classes were less challenging when she
lived in Chicago.
"I come from Chicago, and they didn't used to teach us all this kind
of stuff," she said.
Cole said there are several reasons why black students are not keeping
up academically with other students.
"They need role models. There are many issues that these children have,"
she said. "They might not have people at home to help them with school
work."
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