Since the COVID-19 pandemic, tutoring has gained popularity as a strategy to improve the academic achievement of struggling students. Intensive, relationship-based tutoring is a highly effective academic support for many students. A range of tutoring approaches are available to accelerate young students' literacy. Sarah Novicoff and Susanna Loeb…

Blueprint Schools Network is a nonprofit organization providing educational services to schools and students. The goal of Blueprint's hybrid math tutoring program is to ensure that all students receive the math instruction necessary to rise to their full academic and social potential. Blueprint aims to level the playing field so that every…

Reviews studies of psychosocial variables that maximize outcomes in peer tutoring programs. Considers research on tutoring behaviors and their relation to outcomes; effective tutorial instruction methods; expectations and attributions in tutoring settings; tutorial roles and student pairings; and cooperative learning formats. Makes recommendations…

Implications of social psychological theory and research, particularly in the area of social influence, are examined to provide a theoretical foundation for cross-age tutoring programs. Areas discussed include the effectiveness of various bases of social influence and the effects of tutoring programs on students, tutors, and teachers. (Author/SJL)

Two tables summarize effects of mentoring in 10 middle schools in De Kalb County (Georgia) and from mentoring programs sponsored by the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. Both sets of programs show improved attendance and improved conduct, and the Georgia programs were associated with better grades. (SLD)

This paper indicates eight problems faced by the teaching teams at Fremont Junior High School, including insufficient planning, lack of trust and openness, lack of correlation within the teams, inadequate assessment of pupil needs, insufficient change in teacher behavior, uneven level of total staff commitment toward the school, self-contained…