In this special live episode, Jeremy Singer interviews Liz Cohen, author and VP of Policy at , as part of the College Board Forum 2025. Cohen, an expert in K-12 education, discusses her new book, . She argues convincingly that tutoring is one of the few interventions with clear evidence of improving educational outcomes.
The conversation explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and federal ESSER funds created a unique opportunity for the research and scaling of tutoring, which Cohen refers to as an “accidental experiment”. By May 2023, 80% of U.S. school districts were offering some form of tutoring. Cohen shares data on significant academic gains from initiatives in places like Washington D.C. and Guilford County, North Carolina.
