Early research shows that students who participated in the tutoring scored as much as 55 points higher on their SATs, compared with their PSATs, than students who did not participate in tutoring. Before each SAT date, Schoolhouse.world hosts four-week boot camps, with one tutor and up to 10 students meeting for eight one-hour-long sessions. The two main areas of content focus are math and test prep.

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“It is a great way to demonstrate mastery and a very powerful motivator for high schoolers.” Tutors are trained and their hours tracked, in hopes of creating a cycle in which students who were once tutored are able to become tutors themselves.Ī handful of universities, among them MIT, Georgia Tech, Florida State University and the University of Chicago, “have places on their applications where they ask if you are a Schoolhouse.world tutor,” Bent says. Bent says the platform’s primarily peer-to-peer nature - teachers and professionals also volunteer - is the best way for it to grow while empowering high schoolers. The fully volunteer service has over 3,000 tutors, the majority of them high school students. “These small-group SAT tutoring sessions can help students of all abilities to find the motivation, knowledge and confidence to reach their goals.” The most recent state to sign up was Virginia, in October. “This is a great opportunity for New Hampshire youth to take advantage of free SAT prep courses,” says Frank Edelblut, the state’s commissioner of education. New Hampshire was the first state to partner with Schoolhouse.world. Certain states, Bent says, are forming deeper partnerships with particular districts that may eventually result in integrating the service into the school day or the classroom curriculum. No money changes hands, but the states help connect districts and parents with the nonprofit, letting them know free tutoring is available. Every gift will be matched dollar for dollar.įounded by Khan but operated separately from his online, nonprofit Khan Academy for grades K-8, Schoolhouse.world has forged partnerships with a dozen states. “Our goal is really to level the playing field and do it completely for free,” he says.

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