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Around the World with U.S. Military Families and Tutor.com

Around the World with U.S. Military Families and Tutor.com

Tweet This spring, Tutor.com teamed up with education partners in Europe and the U.S. to remind students that they have access to tutoring help.  From youth centers in Texas to Kinderfests in Germany, students in military families were prepared for the end of the year finals with the help of Tutor.com. Throughout their travels, Tutor.com [...]

Announcing the Tutor.com Better Together Contest

Announcing the Tutor.com Better Together Contest

Tweet We are excited to announce the launch of the Tutor.com Better Together Contest! Tutor.com has worked with libraries for more than ten years to create lifelong opportunities for patrons. During that time we’ve seen an increase in library innovation as they sought partnerships with schools, businesses, and local government agencies. We believe everyone benefits [...]

Will Big Data Increase Retention Rates?

Will Big Data Increase Retention Rates?

Tweet We’ve been making the rounds at tradeshows this month and the hot issue continues to be how to increase student retention and persistence.  Public, private, 2-year and 4-year colleges – everyone is facing this challenge. “Big Data” projects—a catch-all term for leveraging existing data to identify at-risk students and get them the support they [...]

Libraries on the Edge

Libraries on the Edge

Tweet We’ve known for a long time that libraries are much more than shelves of books. More than 100 million Americans walk into a public library every year to use public access computers and the Internet for help with job search resources, health information, government services and homework assistance.* New research from Pew Internet & [...]

MOOC Madness

MOOC Madness

Tweet We’re just weeks into 2013 and Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs continue to be the hot topic in higher education. A recent New York Times cover story follows the progress of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy and other institutions such as MIT and Harvard that are all spending money to offer free courses. While MOOCs [...]

MyLivePD: First Year Review

MyLivePD: First Year Review

21 August 2012

Tweet Last fall, we introduced a brand new type of professional development support with the launch of MyLivePD® Online Coaching Services. Funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MyLivePD offers teachers a new way to collaborate with experienced instructional coaches to get timely, relevant and practical PD support they can use [...]

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Working Together with Skokie Public Library

15 August 2012

Tweet Twenty seven of our library clients have been partners for ten years! To celebrate, we’re featuring their unique stories and how Tutor.com has impacted their diverse communities.   In 2008 Skokie Public Library was awarded a National Medal by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in recognition of their exceptional programs and multicultural services. [...]

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Building a Better Tomorrow with Today’s Teens

10 August 2012

Tweet We are constantly impressed with the kids we encounter on a day to day basis. Whether they are taking the initiative to figure out tonight’s homework in a Tutor.com session, being awesomely creative by producing mock-movie trailers, or winning awards by bringing us a step closer to curing cancer. They are all inspiring in [...]

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Squillace Reads: The Land of Stories

09 August 2012

Tweet Tutor.com Sales Director, Tom Squillace, works remotely at his home office in Michigan. While he isn’t able to participate in the Tutor.com Reads Book Club, he did have his own summer book club meeting with his two daughters after surprisingly enjoying an unexpected book. Find out more below! It isn’t every day that my [...]

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What We’re Reading Now

07 August 2012

Tweet In the education realm, July can seem like the quietest month. School is nowhere in sight, colleagues are off on family vacations and businesses seem to call it quits by Friday at noon. But while there might be a break in homework, conferences, and meetings, there is still plenty of discussion going on around [...]

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Kicking off the 2012 Summer Olympics with Soccer & Physics

27 July 2012

Tweet Tonight kicks off the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London! With over 10,000 athletes competing from 204 different countries, there will be lots of tough competition to bring home a gold medal. A combination of skill, dedication, and physics will be necessary for the U.S. Women’s soccer team to stay in the competition. Yep, [...]

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Jim Barnes Joins Tutor.com

25 July 2012

Tweet We are pleased to introduce you to Jim Barnes, a new member of our K-12 team.  Jim is already out traveling the country to meet with schools interested in Tutor.com™ Online Tutoring and MyLive PD™ Online Coaching.  Passionate about education technology, Jim has worked in the industry for most of his 25+ year career. [...]

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Working Together with Park Ridge Public Library

19 July 2012

Tweet Twenty seven of our library clients have been partners for ten years! To celebrate, we’re featuring their unique stories and how Tutor.com has impacted their diverse communities.   When you visit the city of Park Ridge, IL’s official website the headline notes “Park Ridge -A Wonderful Place!” And that it is. With a community of [...]

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Tutor.com Reads: Selected Readings by Matt O’Connor

17 July 2012

Tweet Rather than picking just one book for our June book club, Matt O’Connor, our Technical Support Engineer, decided instead to shake things up and select various short stories from some of his favorite authors. The compilation included stories by Roberto Bolaño, Peter Carey, Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joshua Ferris, Nicole Krauss and [...]

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What We’re Reading Now

10 July 2012

Tweet This past month we were at the ISTE 2012 Conference discussing a new kind of professional development for teachers, MyLivePD. As well as the 2012 APSCU convention talking about retention and remediation needs for colleges. And don’t forget ALA Annual 2012 in Anaheim talking about our 24/7 reference help service, Ask a Librarian. We [...]

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Tutor.com Solves New School Challenges for Military Family

09 July 2012

Tweet The Bednar family has moved four times in their nine plus years as a military family.   Cesar, who just completed seventh grade, must adjust to different schools, curriculum and teachers every few years.   His mom Wendy works hard to choose the best school district in the area while still keeping her husband, a Second [...]

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Happy Independence Day!

05 July 2012

Tweet We love celebrations and the 4th of July is always a favorite. Beaches, barbecues and fireworks are at the top of our list.  We started to wonder what does July 4th look by the numbers?  Just how many fireworks are launched and how many hot dogs are consumed?  Remember we’re a company that delivers close to [...]

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