Varsity Tutors for Schools saw a steep decline in business as pandemic aid ran out and districts demanded more proof of learning gains for students.
Bronson: When a Tennessee district aligned instruction across classrooms and tutoring, students were more likely to engage in grade-level work.
Grant & Huffman: Effective programs aren’t about finding a silver bullet. They’re about building reliable systems that work for kids every day.
New federal grants will help states spread tutoring to rural areas.
A suburban district’s experience with a virtual provider, experts say, reinforces the importance of sticking to a high-dosage tutoring model.
Huffman and Jefferson: Tutoring isn’t just an investment in students – it’s an investment in our country’s future.
Kane and Godfrey: States have always had the ability to hold back some federal Title I dollars for priorities like tutoring. It’s time they do it.
Some see Donald Trump’s decisive victory as an ‘immediate threat,’ but others expect him to be limited by the ‘reality of governing.’
Bronson: Simply placing extra adults in the building is insufficient. 6 hard truths about what it takes to make a real impact on student outcomes
Balfanz & Huffman: Volunteers have been key to helping students recover from pandemic learning losses through tutoring, fighting chronic absenteeism.
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