Tutoring
Learn more about tutoring, an academic tool that provides students extra support outside normal class time
Mathematics
Supporting Struggling Math Students Means Building Their Number Sense—and Confidence
Two models schools use to help students learn new material—and shore up gaps at the same time.
Teaching Profession
Q&A
Teach For America's Tutoring Focus Is Now Helping Drive Teacher Recruitment
The education corps is rebounding from pandemic losses, thanks in large part to a burgeoning tutor focus.
Student Achievement
Spotlight
Tutoring Works…When It’s Done Right
Well-designed high-dosage tutoring boosts reading, math, and STEM interest, proving that targeted support drives real recovery gains.
Teaching Profession
Why This Teacher Chose Online Teaching and Plans to Stick With It
Rigid schedules and rules for teaching in person make online teaching attractive for some.
Student Achievement
The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After
New research suggests virtual tutoring can boost literacy learning before kids begin to struggle.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Tutors Are Now Common in Early Reading Instruction. Do They Actually Work?
AI reading tutors are only now being studied, and raise difficult questions about how to judge efficacy.
Student Achievement
What the Research Says
Why Hasn't Tutoring Been More Effective?
Recent studies of tutoring programs show small or no effects. Why?
Student Achievement
High-Dosage Tutoring for 100K Kids: How a District Settled a Learning Loss Case
The nation's second-largest district agreed to tutoring and other measures to settle a case brought by parents during the pandemic.
Student Achievement
Professional Learning Guide
Your Guide to Learning Recovery
An easy-to-use professional learning guide with strategies, tools, and resources to support recovery from learning loss.
Artificial Intelligence
Opinion
Can an AI-Powered Tutor Produce Meaningful Results?
The key lessons educators should know to help students get the most out of this AI experience.
English Learners
Here's What Resources ESL Teachers Say Would Improve Their Morale
EdWeek Research Center survey data found two key priorities that could raise morale.
Student Achievement
Video
One District’s Secret to Boosting Reading and Math Scores
For Metro Nashville Public Schools, high dosage tutoring implemented by staff and volunteers led to marked improvements in reading and math.
Federal
Tutoring, After-School, and Other Student Services at Risk as Trump Cuts AmeriCorps
Deep cuts to programs across the federal government have left students without programming they'd come to count on.
Student Achievement
Q&A
How a Tutor’s Gender Affects Girls' Interest in STEM
Pairing girls with female math tutors increases STEM interest and improves academic performance in math, a Stanford study finds.