Online tutoring program enhances students’ skills
In 2006, the Buena Vista School District in Saginaw, Mich., had a population of middle school students who were struggling in math and English and needed summer school…
Online Tutoring To Boost Student Success
Online Tutoring To Boost Student Success
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…
Need help with class? YouTube videos await
When University of Central Florida junior Nicole Nissim got stumped in trigonometry, she checked out what was showing on YouTube. Nissim typically scours the video-sharing Web site for…
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 ... Read more
Feds invest $9.5M in tech-based tutoring services
To help extend the benefits of NCLB-mandated tutoring services to students who are hard to reach, the federal government is investing $9.5 million in a pilot project that…
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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Read more
‘Intelligent’ tutor aids science students online
High school students soon will be able to get help with their chemistry and physics homework from a new online ... Read more