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Supplemental Educational Services

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has
learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people
who are not afraid anymore.”  CÉSAR ESTRADA CHÁVEZ

Generally, supplemental educational services (SES) are free tutoring services that must be offered to low-income children who attend a Title I school that fails to make progress for three years (in its second year of “school improvement status”).

Low-income students are generally those who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

These services offer students extra help in academic subjects such as reading, language arts, and mathematics. SES services are provided outside the regular school day.

The SES program gives low-income families the opportunity to choose free tutoring services for their children. The program offers children who may be struggling in school a chance to get the extra academic help and individual instruction they need.

Studies suggest that academically based programs offered outside the school day can help students improve their achievement and work habits. Tutoring can help children improve achievement by building on the learning that takes place during the school day. Students at risk of academic failure have the most to gain from tutoring programs. Some of these students may not learn well in traditional classrooms and, through tutoring, can learn in different, perhaps more effective ways. Tutoring also provides students a safe, nurturing environment outside of school. Finally, by helping individual students improve, SES can support teachers’ and principals’ efforts to improve their schools.

The Learning Curve has provided Supplemental Educational Services to the following school districts in the past:

• Jackson Public Schools
• North Panola School District
• Jefferson County School District
• Tunica County Schools
• Yazoo City School District
• Hazlehurst City School District
• Natchez-Adams School District
• Quitman County School District
• Wilkinson County School District

During the 2007-2008 school year, we provided services to 13 individual schools that were in School Improvement.