There are several signs that will indicate to parents that their child needs a tutor, says Edward Gordon, a tutoring consultant for the federal and state governments and author of "Tutor Quest." ...

Of all academic interventions, so-called “high-dosage” tutoring has shown the most evidence of helping students gain academic ground quickly. Susanna Loeb, the founder and executive director of the ...

On a recent morning at Madisonville Elementary School, while a kindergarten teacher read to students on the carpet, a boy sat at a back table working with a tutor named Amira. Amira asked the St.