A Look Back: Researchers Are Finding That High-Dosage Tutoring Isn’t The Silver Bullet – Maybe Schools (& Researchers) Should Prioritize Peer Tutors, Instead?

For the following month or so, I’ll be republishing my finest posts from the final half of 2025.

For the previous few years, I’ve voiced quite a lot of skepticism about the concept bringing in a bunch of tutor was going to be efficient in supporting college students.  As I stated many occasions,  I simply didn’t see the place colleges had been going to search out individuals to rent and adequately supervise them.

New research recommend that my criticisms have been well-founded.  Take a look at The Hechinger Report’s new article, Tutoring was supposed to avoid wasting American children after the pandemic. The outcomes? ‘Sobering.’

Due to my group organizing background, I all the time consider Saul Alinsky’s recommendation: “The value of a profitable assault is a constructive various.” So, I’ve paired my criticism of beginning tutoring packages with suggesting that, as a substitute, colleges begin peer tutoring packages. You’ll be able to learn all about them, and the way I used them in my lessons, at THE BEST RESOURCES ON PEER TUTORS.

Nonetheless, I’m not holding my breath….