Name: What Effective Tutoring Should Look Like—and Achieve
Start: 2025-05-12T14:00:00ZEDT
End: 2025-05-12T15:00:00ZEDT

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Educators, researchers, and policymakers make the case that tutoring is a key tool for improving reading, math, and other academic skills, citing a large body of evidence demonstrating that it can effectively move the needle on student academic outcomes.

But scaling up the kind of sustained, one-on-one or small-group programs that are most effective in improving student achievement is challenging for many schools. That approach requires lots of tutors, dedicated time and money, and a strategy for reaching students most in need.

This webinar will examine what effective tutoring programs and practices should look like to boost student learning and how schools can build and sustain those programs at a time when school district budgets are tightening.

Susanna Loeb

Executive Director, National Student Support Accelerator

Susanna Loeb is a professor at the graduate school of education at Stanford University and executive director of the SCALE Initiative and the National Student Support Accelerator at the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. Loeb was director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, where she was also a professor of education and of international and public affairs. Her research focuses broadly on education policy and its role in improving educational opportunities for students.

Monica P. Bhatt

Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Education Lab

Monica P. Bhatt is a senior research director for the University of Chicago Education Lab. In this role, Bhatt serves as the principal investigator on a number of applied research studies, including those focused on high-dosage tutoring. Her current work focuses on leading the Personalized Learning Initiative, a multi-site, randomized controlled trial of over 16,000 students designed to understand how we can scale the benefits of high-dosage tutoring to reach more students in an equitable manner.

Tamara Acevedo

Northwest Network Executive Director of Schools, Boulder Valley School District, Colorado

Tamara Acevedo is the northwest network executive director of schools for the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado. She previously served as the chief academic officer for Colorado Springs School District 11 and deputy superintendent of academics for the Denver Public Schools.Altogether, she has over 27 years of experience in public education working as an educator, curriculum and content specialist, principal, and instructional superintendent.

Kevin Bushweller

Deputy Managing Editor, Education Week, Assistant Managing Editor, Technology and Learning Environments

Kevin Bushweller is a deputy managing editor for Education Week who oversees coverage of educational technology, learning environments, and the weekly EdWeek Tech Leader, a news service for ed-tech leaders in K-12 education. He is also the executive project editor of Technology Counts, Education Week’s annual report about the state of educational technology in U.S. schools.

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