The Future of Tutoring

Lessons from 10,000 School District Tutoring Initiatives

Liz Cohen

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Harvard Educational Publishing Group
14 October 2025

Decision theory: general; Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education

The inspiring story of the high-impact tutoring movement and its revitalization of the post-pandemic classroom

Public education isn't a sector known for quick change, but the COVID- 9 pandemic turned schools into labs of innovation nationwide. By the pandemic's end, a remarkable number of K-2 classrooms had come to embrace tutoring, particularly 'high-impact tutoring' and its adaptable design. In The Future of Tutoring, Liz Cohen looks back at a unique revolution and finds that, with effective buy-in and thoughtful implementation, tutoring programs can improve academic performance for all students.

Within a year into the pandemic, , US school districts were offering some sort of tutoring initiative after years of almost none. The lessons learned are vast. Traveling to Ohio, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, DC, Cohen covers the ups and downs of this massive shift, with a special focus on high-impact tutoring, in which a small group of students work consistently with an adult at least three days a week. Whether the instruction was in-person or virtual, performed by district staff or college students, or focused on math or reading, this renewed investment in the student-tutor relationship helped educators design curricula around students’ specific needs and motivators, with measurable results.

Cohen tells an inspiring story of administrators, practitioners, and state leaders all staking their reputations on a bold intervention. As leaders struggle with how to combat students' learning loss, The Future of Tutoring shows where resources can make a real difference.

By: Liz Cohen
Imprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798895570241
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Liz Cohen is the vice president of policy at 5 CAN, a national nonprofit education advocacy organization, and a research fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Education Policy. She previously served as policy director of FutureEd and as assistant professor of the practice in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Cohen has worked at the district, state, and federal level in education and served as a consultant for nonprofit organizations, ed tech companies, and foundations in the education sector.

Reviews for The Future of Tutoring: Lessons from 10,000 School District Tutoring Initiatives

""Cohen presents a complex look at a powerful idea: high impact tutoring to improve education outcomes for low-performing kids. She looks past the good intentions and delicately unpacks how and why some schools managed to adapt their tutoring programs with fidelity, making it an integral part of the school culture and achieving substantial learning gains. This well-reasoned book provides important case studies on how to introduce, train, scale, and sustain a potentially transformative program."" --Peg Tyre, author of The Good School and creator of the Accelerator Fellows program, EGF Accelerator ""Education is full of fads. What will it take to ensure that tutoring doesn't become one more cautionary tale? A great first step is to read Liz Cohen's savvy, engaging new book. Cohen has penned the cheat-sheet on what it will take for tutoring to deliver on its promise."" --Frederick M. Hess, director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute, and author of The Great School Rethink