🌟 Good News from Arkansas! Forward Arkansas just launched a new high-impact tutoring pilot in five districts, pairing consistent, small-group tutoring with an outcomes-based model that measures success by student growth. Read More: www.kark.com/news/educati...

📣 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗗𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 With math and reading scores still below pre-pandemic levels, this bill signals strong momentum toward interventions that research shows can accelerate learning. Read More Here: ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/o...

Length of session, tutor talking time, and instructional pace don’t explain why 1:1 tutoring leads to stronger outcomes than 2:1 for early readers in virtual settings. Our study suggests that high-impact tutoring is most effective when every student gets focused support and meaningful connection.

🔔𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛: An analysis of over 26,000 #virtualtutoring sessions reveals how much instructional time is lost and what schools can do to prevent it. Full breakdown here: nssa.stanford.edu/studies/unde...

Looking for practical tools, research, and resources to make high-impact tutoring a success? Explore our Tutoring Information Hub, your one-stop destination for materials tailored to your tutoring needs. From program design to data use to family engagement, you’ll find resources to guide every step.

📣𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 & Tutoring Providers: Our new study shows several patterns in when students are losing learning time during virtual tutoring… Details in the study: nssa.stanford.edu/studies/unde...

𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: Charleston County Schools in South Carolina launched a High-Intensity Tutoring initiative. Full WCBD article by Tim Renaud here: www.counton2.com/news/ccsd-la... View one-pager on Outcomes-Based Contracting in tutoring: nssa.stanford.edu/one-pagers/o...

🔎 Looking for tutoring partners, platforms, or interventions? Explore our Tutoring Database! ➡️ The database is not exhaustive, and inclusion does not equal endorsement—but it’s a powerful way to navigate the tutoring field. 📚 Start exploring today: nssa.stanford.edu/high-impact-...

👋 We’re reintroducing ourselves for anyone new here! We are the National Student Support Accelerator at Stanford University — a research, policy, and technical assistance hub working to make high-impact tutoring accessible to every student. 📚✨ We’re glad you’re here — let’s keep building together!

Big news 🎉 Our most popular resource, the 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 Programs, has been redesigned to better support tutors and education leaders everywhere! Check it out here 👉 nssa.stanford.edu/tutoring

📣 October is National Principals Month — and we’re celebrating the leaders who make high-impact tutoring possible every day. To every principal working tirelessly to create brighter futures for students: thank you. 💙

📣DID YOU KNOW? The U.S. Department of Education’s new Dear Colleague letter outlines how federal funds can be used to support responsible, educator-led uses of #AI in education. 🔗 View the Dear Colleague Letter: www.ed.gov/media/docume...

🌟 Do you have a story about how tutoring has made a difference? 📣 Share your story or voice memo here: lnkd.in/dyRG3WZg Let’s uplift the voices that show why tutoring matters! 💬📖

🏅We are proud to have awarded our 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞 to 37 tutoring providers and 1 school district since the program's launch. 📄 View the Badge one-pager & learn more: nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/badging 📧 Questions? Contact [email protected]

📢 Why does an intentional tutor recruitment plan matter? Without enough qualified tutors, programs serve fewer students and provide less support. Learn more 👉 nssa.stanford.edu/tutoring/tut...

📚 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴? How do schools pick which students get the support? 🎯 Use our reflection guides, decision-making tools, and enrollment strategies to build a strong, equitable approach to student selection. Learn more here: nssa.stanford.edu/district-pla...

📣 As the new school year approaches, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆. The Family & Caregiver Toolkit for School Districts is designed to help you build trust, improve communication, and make tutoring programs more effective. 👉 nssa.stanford.edu/family-careg...

📚As tutoring gets underway, make sure your program has a strong system in place for in-service training and support — it’s the key to long-term impact! 💡 📘 Learn more about best practices for training and oversight: nssa.stanford.edu/tutoring/tut...

A new study 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗞–𝟭𝟮 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 and found a stark contrast between 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 (𝗢𝗕𝗖𝘀). Learn More: scale.stanford.edu/publications...

🌎 Happy International Youth Day! Today, we focus on the students who help support and shape NSSA's work, tools, and resources you see and use. It's often looked at by our Student Advisory Group! 📘 Learn more about our most recent cohort of Student Advisors: nssa.stanford.edu/people/stude...

🏫 Districts and schools — 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸? Complete the new and improved 15-minute Self-Assessment today: nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/tutorin... 📄 Download the Badging one-pager & learn more: nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/badging

🗞️ Tutoring News: In Portland, intensive reading tutoring delivers eye-opening results, propels some children to grade-level in months. 📖 Read the full story: www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Want to assess the quality of your #tutoring program? You can have your tutoring program assessed by researchers and practitioners! Start now and be ahead of the game for next school year. 🚀 nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/tutorin...

Discover how the synergy of #HighImpactTutoring and MTSS can empower educators to provide targeted student support! Read the research brief here: nssa.stanford.edu/briefs/integ... What are your thoughts on this integration? Let’s discuss.

Join us Tuesday, July 29, 3–4:30 p.m. ET for a #GLRWeek 2025 session highlighting innovative solutions to expand and sustain tutoring programs — from registered apprenticeships to college and work-study partnerships. 🔗 Register here: leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/tutori...

⭐️𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Check out these learning + attendance gains from the high-impact tutoring program in Rocketship Public Schools! ⭐️ Read how they did it in the 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: nssa.stanford.edu/display-play...

Improve the quality of your school district’s tutoring program(s) by taking our Local Education Agency (LEA) 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹! Access the LEA Self-Assessment here: nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/distric...

🗞️ Tutoring News: Reading Corps brings high-impact tutoring to schools across Wisconsin In schools across Wisconsin, @Reading Corps tutors are making transformational impact on young readers through high-impact tutoring grounded in the science of reading. Read more here: www.wpr.org/news/reading...

Families: Encourage your little ones to continue learning math during summer break! They can explore educational games, try a new math problem, or dive into a good book. Check out our PK-8 Math Tutoring Resource Library for fun math lessons and games: studentsupportaccelerator.org/pk8-math-tut...

📚 Our study on the @DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)’s High-Impact Tutoring initiative finds that tutoring can support better attendance—when key program features are in place. 📄 Read the study: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1107

Heading to the Education Commission of the States' National Forum on Education Policy? Say hi to our Managing Director, Lauren Ziegler, to chat about how high-impact tutoring can support states' learning acceleration. Learn more about the forum: web.cvent.com/event/a08f74...

National Guideline Standards (NGS) for Tutor Apprenticeship Programs draft version is LIVE & open for public comment through 7/23. 🙋 💬 www.partnershipstudentsuccess.org/working-grou... #Tutoring #Apprenticeship

Happy Independence Day! Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July. 🎇🎉

🎉 Help welcome Amelie Or, our new Engagement Intern, to the NSSA team! Amelie is a human-centered designer and rising senior at Stanford, committed to designing systems, products, and services that are thoughtful, equitable, and truly serve people. We’re so happy to have Amelie join the team! 🤗

🎉 Happy World Tutors’ Day! 📚💫 Thank you for being champions of student connections and learning. 💬 Drop a thank you or shout out to a tutor who made a difference in your life!

📚 Our study on the @DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)’s High-Impact Tutoring initiative finds that tutoring can support better attendance—but how it’s delivered matters. 📄 Read the study: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1107

Virtual Tutoring Works for Young Readers! 💻📚 Our virtual tutoring RCT study offers evidence that virtual early literacy tutoring can significantly boost reading skills for students in kindergarten through second grade. Read the research brief here: nssa.stanford.edu/briefs/effec...

🗞️ Tutoring News: Students across Connecticut are catching up, growing confident, and showing up — thanks to high-dosage tutoring! Read the @ctmirror.org op-ed here: ctmirror.org/2025/05/13/c...

Join Edweb on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟵 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧 for a fireside chat on how districts can: 💡 Plan intentionally in SY25–26 💡 Align tutoring with MTSS frameworks 💡 Leverage AI to support human connection 💡 Scale high-impact tutoring—without sacrificing quality Register now: home.edweb.net/webinar/tuto...

🗞️Tutoring News: U.S. academic performance has been declining for over a decade. But there’s a promising solution. A new @brookings.edu proposal highlights high-dose tutoring as one of the most effective school-based interventions for improving student outcomes. www.brookings.edu/articles/tut...

⭐️𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Get inspired by Ector County Independent School District! ⭐️ 📈 7x the average statewide growth on the STAAR assessment 📈 21% of tutored students made exceptional reading gains 📈 17% made exceptional math gains Explore their profile: nssa.stanford.edu/display-play...

We're proud to recognize Milford Public Schools as the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 to receive the 𝗡𝗦𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲, honoring their thoughtful and impactful approach to high-impact tutoring. 🎉 Learn more about the Badge and how your district can apply: nssa.stanford.edu/tqis/badging

🎯 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. A school district practitioner shared how her team tackled the complex task of fitting tutoring into the already packed school day—without pulling students from core instruction. nssa.stanford.edu/events/desig...

⭐️ 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Uplift Education is proving that 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 lead to real student growth: 📈 96% of Grade 3 literacy students met achievement goals 📊 65% of Grade 4–7 students met reading & math goals nssa.stanford.edu/display-play...

🗞️ Tutoring News: New research led by our Director of Research sheds light on an important question: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀’ 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠? Read the full @edweek.bsky.social article by @laurainegl.bsky.social here: www.edweek.org/leadership/h...

What should #schooldistricts think about in their high-impact tutoring journeys? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟱 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 from experts and practitioners in our recent webinar walking through our newly updated District Playbook. Watch the full webinar here: nssa.stanford.edu/events/desig...

🎥 Now Available – District Playbook for High-Impact Tutoring video! Watch this practical walkthrough of our new District Playbook with expert guidance and real-world examples from districts. nssa.stanford.edu/events/desig... "

CA school & district leaders: Join an 8-week virtual sprint to boost #HighImpactTutoring, backed by Results for America, @nssaccelerator.bsky.social & EdResearch for Action. Gain insight from peers, LEAs, nonprofits & community partners. 🙌 Apply by 8/20: results4america.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

⭐️ 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Get inspired by Hillsborough County Public Schools! ⭐️ By expanding tutoring to K–1 and partnering with an external provider, this Florida district is building a 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀—and seeing real results. nssa.stanford.edu/display-play...

🗞️ Tutoring News: Dr. Katie Pace Miles, associate professor at Brooklyn College and founder of The Reading Institute, shares a proven solution for New York’s literacy crisis: 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-s...