TutorMate makes splash in Seattle biz press
Some 100 volunteers from 10 Seattle corporations and the Port of Seattle are helping impoverished children learn to read through Innovations for Learning’s TutorMate program — and the Puget Sound...
View ArticleStaff reflections: Seth Weinberger
In this series, “Staff Reflections,” we introduce the members of the Innovations for Learning team, who will tell us what brought them to our organization and why they’re excited to do this work....
View ArticleTutor: ‘I am very proud to be part of it all’
With the school year ending, many Innovations for Learning tutors are visiting the classrooms to meet in person the children whose progress in reading they’ve been guiding long distance, via telephone...
View ArticleStaff reflections: Cary Zakon
Cary and daughter Mira, now 14 months old In this series, “Staff Reflections,” we introduce the members of the Innovations for Learning team, who will tell us what brought them to our organization and...
View Article“Long-overdue technological revolution” under way in education: The Economist
A revolution is under way: At its heart is the idea of moving from “one-size-fits-all” education to a more personalised approach, with technology allowing each child to be taught at a different speed,...
View ArticleMeet our award-winning tutors
Innovations for Learning has recognized eight organizations for their outstanding support of the TutorMate program. And it has singled out two tutors for particular recognition: Tracie Zettler of...
View ArticleWhat vacation? These schools work to avoid the summer slack-off
Educators at a Chicago elementary school spent the summer redesigning their reading program for the first and second grades. They came up with the “CY-BEAR.” This fall, each student will receive a...
View ArticleLooking at the world’s best school systems. Hint: They’re not in the USA
The education book of the moment is a work of journalism that shows how the countries with the best educational systems are succeeding — while the U.S. treads water. Amanda Ripley’s The Smartest Kids...
View ArticleIn Thailand, no child left without a tablet
The government of Thailand, only a couple of years removed from deadly political turmoil, has embarked on an ambitious educational reform. Every one of the country’s 9 million schoolchildren is to...
View Article‘With technology, they’re right there with it’
Frances Curry, first-grade teacher, trying out a device that will help her students learn to read FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – First-grade teacher Frances Curry had an iPod Touch in her fingers and a pair...
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