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‘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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In 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...
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Looking 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...
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What 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...
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Meet 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...
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“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,...
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Staff 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...
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Hallmark, move over: A tutor says goodbye by greeting card
Some of the people who volunteered as tutors this year became pretty attached to the children they helped learn to read. Take Lisa Mach. An engineer for the Port of Seattle, she tutored a first-grader...
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Tutor: ‘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...
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Staff 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 ArticleWant to break cycle of poverty? Start with early reading
What does it take to break the cycle of long-term poverty that lasts for generations? First of all, it takes finishing high school — and to do that, a child must learn to read at a young age. One of...
View ArticleTutorMate volunteers and children meet face to face. Love ensues.
A lot of love, a lot of caring, and a lot of thank-yous. As the school year ends, volunteer tutors and first-graders are finally meeting face to face to celebrate their year in TutorMate, after...
View ArticleTutorMate on Detroit TV
When AT&T volunteers visited Ronald Brown Academy in the Detroit Public Schools system, TV20 was there to capture it. The volunteers give a half-hour a week throughout the school year to help...
View ArticleTutorMate is hot in Phoenix
Innovations’ TutorMate program is making the news in Phoenix. Above is a news segment from Phoenix TV Channel 12, covering a visit by volunteer tutors from Wells Fargo bank to kids at the John R. Davis...
View ArticleBroward County school district TV showcases Innovations for Learning
Innovations for Learning’s programs in Fort Lauderdale-area schools is the subject of this show, part of the “Community Forum” series on BECON-TV, the Broward Education Communications Network, owned...
View ArticleReynoldsburg, Ohio, teams with Innovations for Learning
A suburb of Columbus, Ohio, is the next locale for Innovations for Learning. The Reynoldsburg City Schools announced it will employ Innovations’ programs for boosting reading instruction next fall in...
View ArticleIn video, Denver schools show their pride in TutorMate
How much does the city of Denver appreciate TutorMate? Plenty, according to this video created entirely by our partners, the Denver Public Schools Foundation and the Mile High United Way. The short...
View ArticleWhy TutorMate is valuable: a Nielsen Co. employee explains
Solomon Gezari, an account executive at Nielsen Company in New York City, is an enthusiastic tutor of a youngster in Ms. Lewis’ classroom at the Thaddeus Stevens School, PS 81, in Brooklyn. And on...
View ArticleWhat happens when children’s books omit characters of color?
Of the 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, only 93 were about black people, according to a study by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin. And just 57 were about...
View ArticleSee why Duval district views TutorMate as ‘Good News in Schools’
Jacksonville’s new remote-tutoring partnership with Innovations for Learning is a highlight of the latest video report from the Duval County Public Schools. A report on TutorMate appears at the 2:20...
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