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Homework Hotline

Contact Information

Primary contact.

Rebekah Vance

(615) 298-6636

[email protected]

Hours of Operation

Monday - Thursday, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Program Overview

Homework Hotline's mission is to help Tennessee students in grades K-12 learn, understand and complete challenging assignments, and master new concepts through free one-on-one tutoring by phone at 615-298-6636 or at 901-416-1234 and online chat.

Since 1990, Homework Hotline has provided more than 540,000 individualized tutoring sessions to struggling students and parents. Throughout the 2018-2019 school year, Hotline is projected to help over 5,000 TN students and guardians in more than 10,500 sessions.

Hotline Tutoring/Call Back Tutoring: Monday through Thursday from 4pm-8pm throughout the school year, Hotline's certified and retired teachers provide free one-on-one tutoring in six languages to Tennessee students in grades K-12 or their families by phone and online chat. Students and their families may also register for weekly tutoring sessions with the same tutor, signing a contract with Hotline to participate. As part of the agreement, Hotline is able to collect relevant school-related data for these students, allowing Hotline to follow their progress at school. In 2018-19, Hotline has 28 students getting help through weekly sessions. Call-back tutoring provides students who are academically behind more consistent and reliable help to form a strong foundation for future academic success. Throughout all sessions, Hotline teachers not only have access to many of the textbooks and workbooks students use, but students can text images of their work to Hotline, use the online whiteboard to work problems visually in real-time, or share typed essays with Hotline teachers for live essay support.

Beat Math: This program offers twice-weekly, intensive math tutoring to sixth grade students who are failing their current math classes. During the 2018-19 school year, Hotline is working with students in three MNPS middle schools, McKissack, John Early, and Joelton. For 2018-19, Hotline will provide at least 250 math remediation sessions to the selected students. Hotline Scholars: Currently, nine Nashville high school students volunteer at Homework Hotline. Hotline provides $1,000 scholarships for up to five seniors who have volunteered 125 or more hours during their high school careers. As Hotline Scholars, these students receive mentoring on college essays and applications, help completing the FAFSA, workshops with a college admissions officer, and assistance in locating other scholarships. In the 15 years of the Scholars program, every Scholar has graduated from high school, been accepted to college, and won additional community scholarship funds.

Supporting Services: Multiplication Flash Cards—35,000 third grade students in Middle Tennessee received these flashcards during the 2018-19 school year. Many students struggle with high school math because of never learning the basics. Hotline, with Sonic Drive-Ins, attacks the problem by providing multiplication flashcards to every third-grade student in 34 school districts.

Homework Hotline Promotional Items —During the 2018-19 school year, over 520,000 Tennessee students received free Hotline promotional items so that they and their parents/guardians would be fully aware of Hotline's services.

Incentives —Students can receive small incentives sent to their schools. Prizes can include coupons for free Sonic, small keychains, Nissan car pens, small school supplies, or fun toys.

Student and Volunteer Success Stories

Individual user stories occur daily at Hotline as students and families benefit from the academic support they receive from our skilled and caring teachers. We have stories from current students' parents thanking us for helping them be the first in their families to graduate years ago and telling us they are now encouraging their own children to use our services. Or, stories from grandparents, who have been tasked with raising their grandchildren for a myriad of reasons, who tell us that our teachers are blessings because "school was so long ago" and they don't know how to help their grandchildren. BC, a 7th grader, told us that "Hotline teachers give [him] courage" and KW, a 9th grader in an AP history class, who spoke with us almost every evening since August, wrote to thank Hotline for helping her pass her class and to tell us that she would use us again next semester for her Honors English work. KF thanked us for helping her on her scholarship essays that she hopes will provide the financial funding necessary for her to pursue her dreams of attending the University of Alabama. More than once, parents have thanked us for establishing peace in the households after tutors worked through homework sessions between students and parents. These are just a few stories of the many from students and families who have thanked us.

This program listing was last updated: April 23, 2019.

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‘Homework Hotline’ available to students, parents for the 2024-2025 school year

The free one-on-one tutoring sessions will reopen august 14..

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The education non-profit ‘Homework Hotline’ will offer one-on-one tutoring sessions for K-12 students in Tennessee beginning Wednesday, August 14.

‘Homework Hotline’ said their academic support is available in English, French, Hindi, and Spanish in all subject areas. Tutoring is available for free by phone and online chat.

Nashville learners are asked to call 615-298-6636 between 4 - 8 p.m. CST, Monday - Thursday evenings for homework help or to schedule free weekly tutoring sessions.

For more information, go to https://homeworkhotline.info .

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee's tutoring hotline is prepped to help virtual learners this year.

"The change that we anticipate will be the types of calls we receive," said Madeline Adams, the executive director of Homework Hotline.

Homework Hotline is a free one-on-one tutoring service for students in grades K-12. Any student in the state can call or text the hotline to connect with a teacher and get help completing an assignment.

"We do expect to be busy this year and we expect to have more students call us because we know teachers are going to have a difficult time working with each student one-on-one like they normally would like to in their schools," Adams said.

During the 2019-2020 school-year, 4,492 students as well as 1,667 parents/guardians called Homework Hotline.

Tutors are certified teachers. They expect more in-depth calls this year.

"We have a feeling we'll be starting a little bit more from scratch rather than a homework check," Adams said.

Homework Hotline is staffed Monday through Thursday. Teachers can be reached at 615-298-6636 or 901-416-1234.

Our gift to the Nashville community

Homework Hotline: Providing cost-free tutoring to Tennessee students

For most Middle Tennessee students, the school day doesn’t end when the final bell rings – it follows them home, where they’ll continue to build on their classroom learning through homework assignments. But in this setting, there is no teacher on hand to help if the student faces a stumbling block, and parents or guardians may not be able to provide the guidance needed.

Since 1990, Homework Hotline has provided a solution to this challenge by offering cost-free tutoring to Tennessee students. In the 2018-19 school year alone, Homework Hotline teachers completed 11,731 tutoring sessions with 6,314 unique students, parents or guardians, sessions that totaled 3,780 hours of tutoring – all of it completely free.

The Scarlett Family Foundation has supported Homework Hotline (HH) since 2008. Each school year, Homework Hotline pairs thousands of Tennessee students and their families with certified teachers who can guide them through even the most challenging homework problems.

HH teachers work with all K-12 students, regardless of learning style or educational background, and can do so by phone or through online chat. Teachers and students can even learn together via an online whiteboard, allowing teachers to coach their students step-by-step through the problem-solving process. Students can also share typed essays with HH teachers to receive real-time, savable feedback. By making use of phone or online communication, HH brings homework help right into a student’s home – eliminating the need for a student to travel to a tutoring center.

Homework Hotline also recognizes that Tennessee students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and with different abilities, and seeks to find ways to serve all populations. That’s why the organization employs teachers who speak English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Farsi, and Swahili. Students who are hearing-impaired can also work with HH teachers through the online chat feature, or by texting photos of their homework to the teacher using the Image Share program.

Homework Hotline strives to be innovative in their offerings in order to ensure that all students can learn and understand their assignments. In 2018, 94% of students expressed understanding of a concept and 83% proved mastery when given a post-test. By providing free, accessible, high-quality homework help, Homework Hotline prepares Tennessee students for success.

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Homework Hotline’s mission is to help Tennessee students in grades K-12 learn, understand and complete challenging assignments, and master new concepts through free one-on-one tutoring by phone and online chat.

Since 1990, Homework Hotline Has Provided Over 560,000 One-On-One Tutoring Sessions For free to K-12 Students In Tennessee. Hotline reaches students who need the most assistance: children from underserved, low-income families and/or low performing schools; children unwilling or unable to attend school-based tutoring; students who need bilingual services; families who cannot afford private tutoring; and students with child care or other after school responsibilities. Homework Hotline provides bilingual instruction in Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Mandarin and Swahili.  

Weekly Tutoring: Parents/Guardians can also enroll their students in weekly tutoring. Hotline's certified teachers will call these students at an agreed upon time weekly in order to help with homework, catch up on work missed, and review concepts in order for students to achieve academic success and grow.

Weekly Tutoring: Parents/Guardians can also enroll their students in weekly tutoring. Hotline's certified teachers will call these students at an agreed upon time…

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• 615-298-6636
• [email protected]
• 4805 Park Ave, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

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