Fellows mentioned in this story:
Alex Harris, Cohort III
Karen Lee, Cohort I

From Civil Beat:

Many students at Farrington High have fallen behind academically as the school year comes to an end after months of online learning and pandemic-related disruptions. Just down the road, students at Honolulu Community College need jobs and experience.

The two Kalihi institutions decided to join forces by having the college students serve as tutors for the high schoolers in one of several initiatives aimed at helping Hawaii’s youth catch up so the next school year can get off to a strong start.

“We know that high dosage tutoring is a really effective intervention,” said Alex Harris, vice president of programs at Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, which is funding the project. “We know efforts like ours can help hundreds of kids, but (in) the state of where we are, we need to be helping tens of thousands of kids, and the only way to do that is a concerted public focus.”

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