Education Policy Government Tutoring 
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 29, 2020
The world’s wealthiest families have known for centuries how effective tutoring is. Private tutors long educated the aristocracy and continue to supplement the education of kids whose families can afford it. Now, a national nonprofit has found a way to get tutoring to kids from poorer families, too.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 27, 2024
Then, in 2020, Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research announced that it was going to test the feasibility of paying tutoring companies by how much students’ test scores improved. Tutoring became a leading solution for academic recovery and schools contracted with outside companies to provide tutors.
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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
In addition, a growing array of “educator” roles — via community centers, after-school programs, camps and employer programs — can connect young people with counselors, coaches, mentors and tutors. Since young people spend more time out of school than in, it’s critical to recognize the education work done by providers outside schools.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called “ failing government schools.”
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Wealthier families have also been able to pay for tutoring, private college counselors and test prep; although submitting tests is optional at more than 1,650 colleges and universities this year, families are convinced a good score can still help in admission. This year we’re looking at 30.”.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Longer term, state leaders are trying to improve internet infrastructure across the state, said Sarah Armstrong Tucker, chancellor for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. How do we make sure that our students have access in this changing world?” she asked. “If
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Federal lawmakers should expand the uses of 529 savings plans to include personal tutors, education therapy, online classes, textbooks and curriculum, apprenticeship programs, and job-training expenses,” wrote Lindsey Burke and Jonathan Butcher in a 2017 Heritage Foundation report.
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