The key role of tutoring in learning recovery— and much more

The State of the American Student 2023 The key role of tutoring in learning recovery— and much more Tutoring—an old education practice that historically was only available to affluent kids—raced to the forefront of public consciousness in the last two years as a way to catch all kids up after the pandemic’s learning disruptions. [...] The challenge is that high-impact tutoring is difficult to deliver at the scale and the pace that we need. [...] OVERCOMING IMPLEMENTATION HURDLES For districts committed to developing their own programs, it is difficult to find and train qualified tutors; ensure the curricula are aligned; coordinate the communications between tutors and classroom teachers; and manage the High-impact tutoring is program overall, especially in systems that already are delivering real results stretched thin. [...] In order to solve it, we need to THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN STUDENT: FALL 2023 figure out how to get more tutors into schools, how to align tutoring curricula with core curricula, how to help districts solve school-day scheduling challenges, and how to ensure ENCOURAGING costs are sustainable. [...] If anything keeps me up at night, it is the concern that the education field, in our eagerness to move on to the next big thing—especially when federal Covid-19 relief funding runs out—will give up on tutoring before it has a chance to scale up and deliver the kinds of results we all want.