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By Robin Satty, EdD

When it comes to organization for middle and high school students, keeping it simple is key. Some students can keep an organized set of folders, binders, and study materials for each class, and remember to bring the right materials to every class every day. Most students have not yet developed these skills by the time they reach middle or high school. Some simple tools and strategies can help them develop those skills with minimal effort on the part of the students’ teachers...

Many tutoring programs start out with the premise "if you build it, they will come."

This approach is a great foundation for a referral based business and there is no better advertising than client referral.  In fact, many tutoring programs generate six digit revenue streams by doing little more than providing excellent service and high quality tutors.

That having been said, this type of business model inevitably tends to plateau.  That is to say, year-over-year revenue growth settles between ...

By Robin Satty, Ed.D.

Metacognition is something that almost all teachers use instinctively, even without knowing its meaning. Metacognition is thinking about thinking. You can also think of it as reflection. It’s not about what they’re learning; it’s about how they’re learning.

Why metacognition?

Metacognition lets students form thoughts beyond the content they are learning. This means they’re more likely to apply it in other situations too. They’re more likely to find patterns and learn gen...

By Robin Satty, Ed.D.  

By. Robin Satty, Ed.D.

Silence is golden. In teaching, it is even more important - but not for the kids, for the instructor!

Nobody’s brain works instantly. For students, who are learning new skills and developing procedural knowledge (the “how” to do stuff, like solving a linear equation), their brains take some time to evaluate a question, decide how to approach it, and then solve the problem.

Unfortunately, teachers don’t usually leave students enough time before revealing the answer...

By. Robin Satty, Ed.D.

Although Wikipedia is one of the most visited sources of information on the internet, students are frequently told that it is unreliable and shouldn’t be used as a source. Should we trust it?

Ironically, if you ask Google “Is Wikipedia reliable?”, the first result is a Wikipedia page called “Wikipedia is not reliable”. However, the page is not exactly what it sounds like. It’s actually a notice to Wikipedia contributors that they can’t cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia. You...

Working Paper Introduction

The substantial learning loss wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred calls for scaling tutoring programs to catch students up, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

What if we used this moment to make tutoring a permanent part of the public-school landscape?

After all, tutoring is among the most effective education interventions ever studied. The average effect of tutoring programs on academic achievement is larger than roughly 85 percent of other e...

Call for Presentations!

What: 

7th Annual Industry Conference for Tutoring Company Owner-Operators, IECs, and Edupreneurs

When:  

July 22nd & 23rd 

Where:  

Live Online

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RFP Information:

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• Presentation length:  30-45 minutes
• Deadline to submit:  June 21st, 2021
• Presenters will be included in promotional announcements, compensated for their ...

Impact of Tutoring:  Meta-Analysis

This meta-study uses random-sampling to assess the impact of tutoring across K-12 subjects and by varying tutoring-types.  It is one of several that have come out recently. View

Our take:  having a program to scale Academic Subject Tutoring looks pretty enticing. In fact, the idea of a "Tutoring Marshall Plan" has been floated at the federal level and, well, tutoring works.