A single open role last summer kicked off nine months of hiring that nearly doubled our team — and taught us how to stay human in an era of 3,000 AI-assisted applications a week.
In episode 23 of the Georgia Partnership’s Ten-Minute Top Ten podcast, Dr. Nakia Towns and Ms. Jennifer Bronson, spotlight why tutoring is among the most impactful and promising instructional intervention for struggling readers.
Bronson: When a Tennessee district aligned instruction across classrooms and tutoring, students were more likely to engage in grade-level work.
Featured by Education Commission of the States “AI in Education” series
To understand how tutoring actually works, and how to make it work better, we need to understand full set of resources required to deliver the program, not just sticker price.
We selected 11 grantees with tools focused on math and literacy that serve students from PK through grade 12. Together, grantees operate across 45 states.
Grant & Huffman: Effective programs aren’t about finding a silver bullet. They’re about building reliable systems that work for kids every day.
Grantees will generate rigorous evidence that informs how AI tools can improve student outcomes.
For the first time, the Department included High-Impact Tutoring as a dedicated Competitive Preference Priority. The result: 11 funded projects center on high-impact tutoring, representing nearly $130 million across 15+ states and tribal nations.
After convening 135+ stakeholders, one thing became clear – there is significant remaining distance between a promising statute and a program that actually delivers results to students.
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