Coronavirus In US: Online Tutoring Offered For Free During COVID-19 Outbreak

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School systems have been offering online tutorial for free
This comes as schools have been closed down due to the outbreak of COVID-19
Parents and students have been appreciative of the efforts of volunteer teachers so far

Schools have since been closed since ordinance against large public gathering has been set in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, online learning has become a major alternative to continue with classes held through telecommuting. Meanwhile, parents have started to fill in roles as part-time teachers, using online tutoring classrooms, some of which are offered for free.

According to Fox News, the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement (AADM) offers free online tutoring to students. It’s not restricted to the Clarke County School District; anyone who is in need of online tutoring can access their materials on the internet.

A parent, Eboney Lester, welcomed the help, as she confessed that her sixth-grader was learning a different kind of math. According to her, being “out of school for 15 years” was not helping. They were partnered with John Olive, a former math professor and current treasurer of AADM. He used Zoom to help in drawing the math problems.

Since then, other programs have stepped up to solve the backlog on math tutors. The San Antonio Public Library, according to SA Current, has been offering online tutors to help kids deal with schoolwork during the pandemic. Teachers have made themselves available between 3 p.m. and midnight.

The Lompoc Unified School District has also started to provide online learning to students who might need it. Schools are expected to be closed until the end of April, the Lompoc Record reported. The LUSD is currently using tutors with the help of the California Student Opportunity and Access Program to help the district’s 9,700-strong student population.

Olive was glad to have been of help in making Lester’s son Amari with his math work. The former professor shared how Amari had troubles with finding the area of a trapezoid. Conducting classes using a Zoom virtual classroom helped him deal with the idea by tracking down the area.

Amari, for his part, has been grateful for Olive’s help so far. He said that with an online tutor that’s easily available whenever he needed, he could learn more than when he was at school. Even his mother appreciated Olive for volunteering to look out for the sixth-grader.