Caldwell-West Caldwell Will Share In NJ ‘High-Impact Tutoring Grants’

CALDWELLS, NJ — The Caldwell-West Caldwell Public School District is among dozens across New Jersey that will share a combined $7 million worth of “high-impact tutoring grants,” state officials recently announced.

According to the New Jersey Department of Education, $7 million has been earmarked in a second round of preliminary grant awards for the implementation of High Impact Tutoring in 57 school districts and charter schools.

The funding – some of which will be headed to the Caldwell-West Caldwell district – will help schools establish “highly effective, evidence-based strategies to promote learning acceleration among students,” officials said.

State education officials said that High Impact Tutoring is designed to enable school districts and charter schools to work with educational service vendors, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities to provide tutoring services. The schools receiving the awards are also able to utilize existing staff for tutoring programs outside of regular classroom instruction.

The $7,075,627 in this second round of High Impact Tutoring grant awards is supported, in part, by federal American Rescue Plan funding outlined in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. The grants focus on research-based approaches that have been proven to lead to substantial learning gains, including frequent and extended periods of tutoring with individuals or small groups of students; subject matter that is aligned to state learning standards; and customized, data-driven instruction based on students’ data, provided by highly qualified tutors who regularly collaborate with students’ teachers.

“These High Impact Tutoring grants give our schools access to a powerful tool that can accelerate learning for students throughout New Jersey,” acting commissioner of education Kevin Dehmer said.

The first round of High Impact Tutoring grants, announced in November, awarded $41 million to nearly 240 school districts and charter schools.

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