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Learnfully

Everyone learns differently. To unlock potential, we discover each individual’s unique way and connect them with the resources and professionals that will help nurture their ability. The Learnfully personalized learning platform finds not only what needs to be addressed, but it also reveals the best way to engage with the learner for increased engagement, enjoyment, and results while removing delays, frustration and cost. Our SPARK Assessment uncovers a learner's strengths and weaknesses to provide a roadmap to their own education.

Mission Acceleration

Mission Acceleration deploys college students as Academic Guides in select communities across Misssissippi. These communities include: Oxford, Starkville, Jackson, Vicksburg, Long Beach, Starkville, and Tupelo. The program works through:
1. an evidence-based intervention with explicit, systematic 1:1 academic assistance (also known as high-dosage tutoring) in reading

Schoolhouse.world

Schoolhouse.world offers free, virtual small-group tutoring sessions over Zoom in math, SAT, and AP preparation. All sessions are run by volunteer tutors who undergo a certification of content mastery and safety/quality training.

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

For more than 20 years, the JCC has trained and paired hundreds of volunteer tutors with academically vulnerable students in Manhattan's public schools through our Literacy and Math tutoring programs. Their
objective is to help raise elementary, middle, and high school students’ reading and math scores to grade level. The majority of students come from low-income households and under-resourced communities, including students living in low-income housing facilities and in domestic violence and homeless shelters.

Intutorly

Intutorly's volunteer tutors provide one-on-one tutoring to elementary and middle school students in need. All lessons are free of charge and offered online only at the student's convenience. Instruction is provided in a range of subjects, including reading, writing, math, science, and English as a second language. Students sign up by filling out a form on the website and then are matched with a tutor based on their individual educational needs and goals. Most tutors work with their students at least weekly for a minimum of 12 weeks.

TutoringMN

TutoringMN provides free high-quality classes and small group tutoring. Anyone is welcome to register for their classes on their website: www.tutoringmn.com.  Their tutors are primarily high school students who excel in academics and are passionate about teaching and helping students reach their full potential. 

Early Planning Needed to Know Your Tutoring Program’s Effectiveness

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Substantial new federal funds, such as those from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), are allowing districts to provide students with services such as tutoring that were not financially feasible in the past.

Are these new programs cost-effective enough to merit allocating other funds to sustain them, such as Title I and Title IV funding, after ARPA funding runs out in 2024?

Tennessee Goes All in on Tutoring with $200M Statewide Program for 150,000 Kids Who Are Just Below Grade Level in English, Math

High-dosage/low ratio tutoring has “consistently proven to accelerate achievement as quickly as possible” for all students regardless of their demographics, age, or whether they are from rural, suburban or urban areas, said Penny Schwinn, the state’s education commissioner. 

Indeed, research shows that tutoring programs that serve children in small groups with regular, frequent sessions can increase learning by up to 10 months, according to a synthesis of research by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

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