Online Tutoring To Boost Student Success
Thanks to No Child Left Behind, schools cannot afford to have their students failing to succeed … and many are turning to online tutoring providers to ensure this doesn’t happen. Online tutoring can supplement the instruction a child receives during school, extending the learning day beyond the limits of the traditional classroom. And, it can help provide personalized learning services that meet the needs of every student.
With the generous support of Champions (formerly known as Knowledge Learning Corp.), we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSchool News archives to help you realize the benefits of online tutoring in your own schools.
--The Editors
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Online tutoring program enhances students' skills
Using Champions Online Tutoring, middle school students in the Buena Vista School District in Saginaw, Mich., have seen an average gain of one whole instructional grade level in math. [ Read More ] -
Electronic tutor helps accounting students
Accounting students now have access to the same kind of artificial intelligence-based tutoring software that math and chemistry students have had for years—and science teachers-in-training soon could benefit from the technology as well. [ Read More ] -
Need help with class? YouTube videos await
YouTube is perhaps best known for its cavalcade of homemade performances and TV clips, but many people are turning to it for free tutoring in math, science, and other complicated subjects. [ Read More ] -
Supplemental Instruction: SmartHelp motivates struggling students to succeed
As administrators, we sometimes forget what it was like to be a student. I recall very well what it was like to struggle with math. While I have a Ph.D today, I was a math-phobic kid. And many of the students who come through the doors at Holy Family Learning facilities are no different. [ Read More ] -
ED offers advice on creating effective tutoring programs
With this free guide from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, educators will learn what it takes to provide NCLB-compliant tutoring to low-income students enrolled in struggling schools. [ Read More ] -
Web-based tutoring gives students study aid 24/7
A commercial, web-based tutoring service is helping high schools and colleges make live instructors available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to tutor students in mathematics. At the moment, this round-the-clock tutoring service is available only for math help, but the company says on-demand assistance is available in additional subjects for nine hours each day. [ Read More ] -
'Supplemental service' firms flourish with NCLB
Firms that offer private tutoring and standardized-test preparation are scrambling to cash in on what could be a multibillion-dollar bonanza created by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which requires public schools to expose students to an unprecedented battery of assessments and offer tutoring, summer classes, and remedial instruction to those who fail. [ Read More ] -
ED: Online programs key to boosting achievement
Online courses and other technology-based programs will play a key role in helping educators meet new requirements for supplemental services under the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) told school leaders during a nationwide conference. [ Read More ] -
'Intelligent' tutor aids science students online
High school students can get help with their chemistry and physics homework from a new online tutor that uses artificial-intelligence technology. [ Read More ]