Agenda

Wednesday April 30, 2025

5:30 - 7:30 PM
Conference Kick-Off Dinners


Dinners will be held at local restaurants and sponsored by: Air Tutors, Hoot Reading, Kelly Education, Littera, PEARL, Pencil Spaces, SAGA, and Tutor.com
If you selected a dinner during conference registration, you’ll be assigned to a group and will receive location details via email.

 

Thursday May 1, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00 - 9:30 AM
Welcome Remarks and Introduction

McCaw Hall

Now is the Moment

Opening remarks from Stanford Professor and Founding Director of NSSA, Dr. Susanna Loeb. Introduction to the conference from Managing Director of NSSA, Lauren Ziegler.

  • Susanna Loeb
    Director, National Student Support Accelerator
    Professor of Education, Stanford University
9:30 - 10:15 AM
Fireside Chat

McCaw Hall

Sustaining Successful High-Impact Tutoring

  • Kyla Johnson-Trammell
    Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District
  • Erin Hashimoto Martell
    Associate Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Lauren Ziegler (Moderator)
    Managing Director, National Student Support Accelerator
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Break

 

10:30 - 11:30 AM
Learning Communities (Concurrent Sessions)

Barnes/McDowell/Cranston

Researchers

Strategies for Conducting High-Quality Applied Research in Educational Settings

Lane/Lyons/Lodato

State & District Leaders

Building Resilient High-Impact Tutoring Programs

McCaw Hall

Tutoring Providers

From Insight to Impact: Practitioner Implications of Recent Findings

11:30 - 11:45 AM
Break

 

11:45 - 12:15 PM
Research Lightning Rounds Part 1 (Concurrent Sessions)

Barnes/McDowell/Cranston

Learning from Tests of Program Effectiveness

  • Amanda Nietzel
    Assistant Professor & Deputy Director of Evidence Research, Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University
  • Mingyu Feng
    Research Director, Learning and Technology, WestEd

Lane/Lyons/Lodato

Strategies for Embedding Tutoring

  • Mark Duffy
    Senior Research Associate, Research for Action
  • Elizabeth Huffaker
    Research Fellow, SCALE Initiative, Stanford University

McCaw Hall

Understanding Tutor-Student Interactions

  • Ana Trindade Ribeiro
    Senior Research Associate, SCALE Initiative, Stanford University
  • Justin Reich
    Director Of Teaching Systems Lab & Associate Professor Of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT & National Tutoring Observatory
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Lunch


Enjoy lunch and network with colleagues.

  • Visit demos from our Champion Sponsors: PEARL and Pencil Spaces.
  • Interested in tutoring in California? Join an informal lunchtime gathering to connect with others in this space.

 

1:15 - 1:45 PM
Research Lightning Rounds Part 2 (Concurrent Sessions)

Barnes/McDowell/Cranston

Overcoming Common Implementation Barriers

  • Rebecca Shmoys
    PhD Candidate, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Sarah Novicoff
    PhD Candidate, Stanford University

Lane/Lyons/Lodato

Design Spotlight: HQIM + Tutor Training

  • Andrew Kwok
    Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Texas A&M University
  • Cara Jackson
    Founder, Evidence Use in Education LLC

McCaw Hall

Scaling Insights: Research Across Contexts

  • Monica Bhatt
    Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab
  • Carly Robinson
    Research Director, SCALE Initiative, Stanford University
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Break

 

2:00 - 3:00 PM
Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Sessions)

Barnes/McDowell/Cranston

Implementation and Scaling Solutions

  • Grace Bailey
    Director, Accelerating Scholars, Metro Nashville Public Schools
  • Ashley Bencan
    Chief of Staff, New Jersey Tutoring Corps
  • LaToya Blackshear
    Director of Planning and Evaluation, Jackson Public Schools
  • Tracie Bergman
    Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Hillsborough County Public Schools
  • Edgar Palacios (Moderator)
    President & Foundation, LatinX Education Collaborative & NSSA Family and Caregiver Tutoring Advisory Group Member

Lane/Lyons/Lodato

State-level Solutions

  • Tricia Couts-Everett
    Learning Acceleration Administrator, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
  • Shaunté Duggins
    Director & Research Scientist, State Initiatives, Lastinger Center for Learning, University of Florida
  • Colby Self
    Director Tutoring Supports, Texas Education Agency
  • Christina Weeks
    Out-of-School Time and High-Impact Tutoring Coordinator, New Mexico Public Education Department
  • John Scianimanico (Moderator)
    Associate Partner, GenAI Math Tutoring, NewSchools Venture Fund

McCaw Hall

Funding Solutions

  • Marina Barnett
    Assistant Provost for Civic Engagement and Associate Professor of Social Work, Widener University
  • Pete Lavorini
    Portfolio Manager, Innovative Schools, Overdeck Family Foundation
  • Lilia Nanez
    Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Ector County Independent School District
  • Alan Safran (Moderator)
    Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board, Saga
3:00 - 3:15 PM
Break

 

3:15 - 4:15 PM
Plenary Panel

McCaw Hall

AI & Tutoring: Hype or Hope?

  • Erin Mote 
    CEO and Founder, InnovateEDU
  • Ben Riley
    CEO and Founder, Cognitive Resonance
  • Chris Agnew (Moderator)
    Director of the Generative AI in Education Hub, Stanford University
  • Raquel Rosales (Introduction)
    Educator, Fort Worth ISD & NSSA Family and Caregiver Tutoring Advisory Group Member
4:15 - 5:00 PM
Closing & Reflections

McCaw Hall

End of Day Reflections

Open discussion and closing remarks from Stanford Professor and Founding Director of NSSA, Dr. Susanna Loeb.

  • Susanna Loeb
    Director, National Student Support Accelerator
    Professor of Education, Stanford University
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Evening Reception


Sponsored by and featuring a demo of Think Academy