Cambiar Education, through its Illuminate Literacy program, will develop, test, and refine a tech-enabled literacy tool across multiple settings (e.g., school, tutor, home) and partners. Illuminate will evaluate to what extent foundational reading instruction typically delivered by a tutor can be successfully delivered in combination with their tech-enabled literary tools, with the goal of freeing up tutor capacity for other student supports. Initial prototypes will focus on foundational reading instruction for students in early elementary grades.

Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Learning is the world’s leading edtech company using research and AI to dramatically improve student learning outcomes. A pioneer in K-12 education for 25+ years, the company provides award-winning math, literacy, world languages, professional learning, and high-impact tutoring solutions to more than 5.5 million students and educators in all 50 states and Canada. Born out of Carnegie Mellon University, the company continues to conduct research with grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, and Schmidt Futures, among others.

Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Learning is the world’s leading edtech company using research and AI to dramatically improve student learning outcomes. A pioneer in K-12 education for 25+ years, the company provides award-winning math, literacy, world languages, professional learning, and high-impact tutoring solutions to more than 5.5 million students and educators in all 50 states and Canada. Born out of Carnegie Mellon University, the company continues to conduct research with grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, and Schmidt Futures, among others.

Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Learning is the world’s leading edtech company using research and AI to dramatically improve student learning outcomes. A pioneer in K-12 education for 25+ years, the company provides award-winning math, literacy, world languages, professional learning, and high-impact tutoring solutions to more than 5.5 million students and educators in all 50 states and Canada. Born out of Carnegie Mellon University, the company continues to conduct research with grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, and Schmidt Futures, among others.

Chapter One’s mission is to ensure all children experience a successful first chapter of their educational journey to instill the motivation and confidence to continue turning pages for lifelong learning. To achieve this mission, Chapter One provides high impact literacy tutoring programs for students in grades K-5 using a unique short-burst approach with 1:1, in-person sessions lasting 5-10 minutes.

Christy Borders is the Executive Director of the Illinois Tutoring Initiative. She has 30 years of education experience across teaching and administration in public, private, clinical, and university settings. Christy has previous experience as the Director of the Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center focused on clinical placements and accreditation of teacher education programs for Illinois State University. She has wide leadership experience at local, state, and national levels and includes involvement on multiple committees, task forces, and executive boards.

In her role as Executive Director of the ITI, Christy consistently collaborates with leadership across multiple state agencies and institutions of higher education to deliver high-impact tutoring through over 950 tutor assignments with over 3000 students a semester. The initiative was most recently implemented in 72 districts and 135 schools. She oversees a large staff and research team and engages in forward-thinking problem-solving and strategic direction for the initiative.

Cignition will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in the 2024-25 school year, targeting 500 students in grades 4-5 who require Tier II math interventions. The project will provide 56 hours of virtual synchronous tutoring sessions in mathematics using a 1:4 model for 250 students in the treatment group and 250 in the control group, with sessions scheduled three times per week, each lasting 35 minutes, over a span of 32 weeks. The delivery model allows for real-time interaction between tutors and students, facilitating a dynamic learning environment where students can engage directly with their tutors, work with peers, ask questions, and receive immediate feedback. This thoughtfully designed initiative leverages the strengths of virtual synchronous tutoring to provide targeted support to students in need of Tier II interventions, aiming to enhance math proficiency and provide actionable insights to improve Cignition's methods

CitySchools Collaborative (formerly CityTutor DC, or CTDC) will leverage the Accelerate Call to Effective Action award to support public and charter school teams in implementing high-impact tutoring (HIT) for over 300 students, focusing on program design, observation, feedback, and coaching using high-quality math curriculum. CTDC will study how partners enhance tutoring quality while evaluating tutor skill development and satisfaction, as tutors become integral to school talent pipeline and staffing initiatives. The organization will prioritize schools with an at-risk student population of 50% or above for subsidized tutors and develop tools, professional development, and coaching to improve engagement in education, students' sense of belonging, and trust in adults. CTDC collaborates with schools to ensure tutoring aligns with student learning needs through professional development and Communities of Practice, where role-alike practitioners exchange best practices and troubleshoot challenges.

Through its High-Impact Tutoring Program (HITP) grant, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) provides incentives for local education providers to implement effective tutoring to help students recover from unfinished learning due to the pandemic. CDE offers grantees comprehensive technical assistance, including providing professional development opportunities, evidenced-based resources, and guidance in selecting a tutoring provider that is the best fit to meet local needs.

Coursemojo is honored to receive an Accelerate Call to Effective Action grant, which will significantly impact their efforts to develop an effective AI-powered, high-dosage tutoring solution aligned with districts' chosen high-quality instructional materials. In partnership with Chiefs for Change (CFC), Coursemojo will support 500 6th-grade students from 2-4 schools per district in 4-6 districts participating in the Middle Grades Literacy Community of Practice throughout the 2024-2025 school year. Students will access "Mojo," a high-dosage, curriculum-aligned tutor, via their 1:1 devices and complete ~4 Mojo activities per week for 15 minutes, either 1:1 or in small groups. These activities are designed to support students' literal comprehension, deeper understanding, writing skills, vocabulary development, and contextual knowledge related to the anchor text or text set.

Currently serving as the lead for school turnaround in the state of Alabama as the Alabama State Dept. of Education Administrator for the Governor’s Turnaround Initiative. Have experience as a classroom teacher, middle school principal, and deputy superintendent of a school district.

Daniela Solley is an Education Programs Consultant in the Expanded Learning Division at the California Department of Education. With experience as a teacher, writing consultant, intervention coordinator, and administrator, she brings a broad perspective on how students grow and thrive. In 2021, Daniela was recognized as Placer County Teacher of the Year for her commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. Daniela partners with schools, districts, and community organizations to design programs that expand learning opportunities beyond the school day. Daniela is dedicated to building systems that support student success statewide.

30 years educator experience serving roles across PreK-12 landscape nationally and statewide, including current role leading the Learning Acceleration team and formerly serving as the Assistant Commissioner of Early Learning with the Tennessee Department of Education. Passionate about ensuring all students have access to high-quality instruction and materials and experience instructional coherence across supports for learning.

District of Columbia Public Schools, along with the DC Public Education Fund, aims to ensure kindergarten students get a strong start in mathematics. They will provide tutoring to 480 kindergarten students using the ROOTS intervention program, which focuses on developing whole number understanding in mathematics. DCPS will provide tutoring services to students directly by using its existing pool of paraprofessionals. By focusing on early interventions for students who are furthest behind, DCPS anticipates the model for this grant will have a significant impact on closing the academic gap early in a student’s academic career.

Deans for Impact (DFI) will convene educator preparation programs that are mobilizing teacher-candidates to serve as tutors in high-need schools, establishing the Aspiring Teachers as Tutors Network and developing a policy framework for strengthening the tutor-to-teacher pipeline. DFI will also develop and test the effectiveness of tutor training modules to prepare aspiring teachers to serve as tutors, initially focused on math in grades K-8. Against the backdrop of challenges with tutor supply in the 2021-22 school year and declining interest in the teaching profession, DFI seeks to increase the number of future teachers serving as tutors– both as a means of sustainably scaling tutoring to more K-12 students and as a strategy for strengthening pathways into teaching.

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) will provide reading tutoring for K-3 students. For the purposes of the States Leading Recovery (SLR) grant, the state will partner with the nonprofit tutoring provider Reading Assist to deliver high-dosage tutoring to students during the school day. Reading Assist recruits, trains, and embeds AmeriCorps members to serve as tutors, providing 1:1 tutoring to students scoring in the lowest 25th percentile for reading proficiency. Delaware has selected district and charter schools to participate in this program. In awarding grant funding, the DDOE targeted (1) students who are academically behind, based on state test results, and (2) schools that do not currently offer high-dosage tutoring for students.