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Sherri Kirk, program manager, talks to a youth about a dispute they had with another program attendee at Neighborhood Wellness Foundation in Sacramento Monday, May 10, 2021.
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When Renee Webster-Hawkins was helping her fifth grade son with his math homework one night this past year, she noticed a troubling gap in his learning.
“It was clear that he simply didn’t understand how to divide two fractions,” said Webster-Hawkins, who regularly tutors her two sons, enrolled in Sacramento City Unified schools, to make sure they’re grasping everything from their teacher.