During Nevada Reading Week, Congresswoman Lee Announces New Bipartisan Tutoring Legislation
Reads to First & Second Grade Students
Above: Lee reading to second graders at Elaine Wynn Elementary School.
Watch video from the press conference here
LAS VEGAS – To kickoff Nevada Reading Week, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined local teachers, teacher candidates, tutors, and education advocates at Elaine Wynn Elementary School to announce her bipartisan Partnering Aspiring Teachers with High-Need Schools (PATHS) to Tutor Act and call on Congress to deliver the resources and support that students, teachers, and future teachers desperately need.
In recognition of Nevada Reading Week, Lee also visited Wynn Elementary and Dr. C. Owen Roundy Elementary to read “Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry?” to first and second grade students.
Nevada currently has the fewest teachers per students in the country, with an average of 43 teachers per 1,000 students. Meanwhile, 1,300 teachers are needed across the Clark County School District.
“Student success goes well beyond the classroom, which is why this Nevada Reading Week, I’m proud to announce my new bipartisan PATHS to Tutor Act that is at the heart of what this tradition is all about – expanding access to education resources across Nevada,” said Congresswoman Lee. “The PATHS to Tutor Act is a win-win for education — supporting our students and strengthening opportunities for future teachers.”
“One of Nevada’s biggest challenges, and one of our greatest innovation opportunities, is education,” said Danica Hays, Dean of the College of Education at UNLV. “I am encouraged by the goals of the PATHS to Tutor Act, which can be a two-pronged strategy for strengthening the teacher workforce and promoting educational equity: a win-win for education. We applaud this bipartisan solution.”
The bipartisan PATHS to Tutor Act helps students and teachers by:
- Placing teacher-candidates into tutoring roles, strengthening the pipeline of future teachers in the long run, while ensuring students in underserved communities receive targeted academic support in the short run.
- Reducing the economic burden on aspiring teachers by allowing the successful completion of a tutoring placement to qualify for loan forgiveness through national service educational awards granted by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
- Expanding access to tutoring more broadly through a $500 million competitive grant program disbursed to local partnerships of educator-preparation programs, K-12 schools, and community organizations.
The PATHS to Tutor Act is endorsed by Deans for Impact, Teach For America, Communities In Schools of Nevada, Clark County School District, InnovateEDU, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, and Saga Education.
Lee was joined at Elaine Wynn Elementary School by Elaine Wynn Principal Maggie Newman, Dean of UNLV’s College of Education Danica Hays, Teacher for America Las Vegas Head of External Affairs Yuri Acosta, and local teachers.
Below: Lee announcing her bipartisan PATHS to Tutor Act.
Below: Lee reading to first graders at Dr. C. Owen Roundy Elementary School.
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