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Heart Tutors Featured in Article by The 74

02.06.2024

Heart Math Tutoring and two longtime Heart tutors were featured in an article by national education news site, The 74! The article highlights the need for students to have hands-on experience with numbers and how Heart tutors contribute to this research supported instruction.

The 74 quoted leaders in math education, including Dr. Dionne Cross Francis and Dr. Jo Boaler, on their support for emphasizing concrete math activities. Francis said, “we want to engage kids in really rich worthwhile experiences where they’re developing concepts from engagement … continue reading

HMT Information Session for Prospective Tutors

01.09.2024

Heart Math Tutoring is looking for additional tutors to partner with students in the 2023-24 school year. With two-thirds of the tutoring year ahead of us, volunteers who join Heart in January will have the opportunity to get to know their students and help them progress in math from January through April!

If you would like to learn more about tutoring before signing up, please join us on Wednesday, January 17th from 12:00-12:30 PM EST for a virtual Volunteer Information Session. The session will cover the … continue reading

Celebrate Ten Years and Counting with HMT!

09.19.2023

Heart Math Tutoring is thrilled to be celebrating our 10-year anniversary in 2023! Over 5,000 Charlotte students have received individualized math support and mentorship since 2013 thanks to support from Heart’s dedicated volunteers, donors, and school partners.

Thank you for your ongoing support and your collective impact in helping Charlotte students have successful academic experiences. We hope that you will join us throughout the year to celebrate!

  • Heart Math Tutoring Welcome Event (Wednesday, October 25th from 5:30-7:00 PM at Midnight Mulligan Brewing)
  • Tenth Anniversary
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National Education News Source, The 74, Features Heart Math Tutoring

09.11.2023

We are excited to have the work of Heart volunteers and staff highlighted in a recent article by national education news source The 74. The article focuses on the impact of volunteers as tutors and recognizes Heart as an Accelerate grant recipient. Heart’s CEO, Emily Elliott Gaffney, is interviewed; she shares how the Accelerate grant will support Heart in scaling geographically and connecting more students with tutors: “[Heart is] excited to contribute to the research related to volunteer-delivered tutoring. We have found volunteers … continue reading

Heart Volunteers are Excited to Begin Tutoring!

08.24.2023

School is about to begin for Charlotte students, and that means we are on our way to another exciting year of math games, relationship building, and high fives with Heart students! We are grateful for our wonderful tutors who return year after year to partner with elementary students to work on foundational math skills and confidence each week. What keeps tutors coming back, and what are they most excited about as we get closer to our first week of tutoring? We reached out to a … continue reading

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