How a St. Louis-based tutoring program helps Black students achieve beyond systemic biases
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
August 6, 202521m 50s
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Show Notes
A growing and significant body of research suggests that students benefit from having a teacher of the same race or ethnicity. Yet most teachers in the U.S. are white women. St. Louis entrepreneur Angelica Harris founded <a href=”https://www.toptutorsforus.com”>Top Tutors for Us</a> to pair Black high school students with tutors who look like them. In this encore episode, she shares how their services have led to improved test scores and higher college acceptance rates of their students.