When leaders from across the tutoring ecosystem gather in one place, themes emerge. At the Accelerate and ProvenTutoring Convening, the conversation was less about whether tutoring works (it does!) and more about how to execute it well at scale. What follows are four themes that feel bigger than any single event and point to the…
What We’re Learning About Tutoring at Scale WHY THIS MATTERSOver the past three years, Accelerate has funded and evaluated tutoring and personalized learning programs across 29 states, supporting more than 300,000 students and nearly 50 rigorous studies, including 28 randomized controlled trials. As the program has matured, Accelerate has raised the bar on research rigor…
Last year, Accelerate launched the Call for Effective Technology (CET) with a simple premise: as AI-powered tools enter classrooms at speed, students, educators, and states deserve clear, credible evidence about what actually works. In Year One, CET put that premise into practice — funding ten tools across math, reading, and other subject areas, reaching thousands…
Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond.
February 3, 2026 (Nashville, TN) – Accelerate, a national nonprofit founded to dramatically improve student outcomes at scale by turning evidence into action, today announced the integration of the State Implementation Fund (SIF) into its core work. The move strengthens Accelerate’s ability to help states turn effective education policies into measurable classroom impact, bridging the…
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