Developed in partnership between Whiteboard Advisors and Pearl, The State of K–12 Tutoring in 2025 offers the most comprehensive look yet at how districts are evolving their tutoring programs five years after the pandemic surge. Drawing on analysis of over one million anonymized tutoring sessions from the Pearl Tutor Management System, along with interviews and national research, this report examines how tutoring has shifted from an emergency intervention to an essential, yet still fragile, part of the instructional ecosystem.
What You’ll Learn
- How states and districts are sustaining tutoring beyond ESSER
- National trends in delivery, staffing, and funding
- Insights from leaders in DC, Tennessee, Louisiana, and beyond
- The emerging roles of data, AI, and educator pipelines in shaping tutoring’s future
“What we don’t have right now are great data systems—or, in some places, any data systems—that collect information on publicly funded tutoring programs. That makes it really hard to identify its impact and build on what’s working.”
LIZ COHEN
Vice President, Policy, 50CAN
Who Built This Report
The State of Tutoring 2025: Tutoring in Transition is the outcome of collaboration between education researchers and leaders in evidence-based tutoring programs for schools, districts, and tutoring providers.
Pearl is the trusted technology infrastructure behind many of the nation’s most effective tutoring initiatives. Pearl’s Tutor Management System and Data Hub empower states, districts, and providers to design, manage, and measure high-dosage tutoring at scale. The Pearl Tutor Management System streamlines scheduling and attendance, while the Pearl Data Hub centralizes tutoring data across programs and providers to monitor outcomes, ensure accountability, and inform funding. Recognized by TIME as one of the Top EdTech Companies of 2025, Pearl is setting the national standard for tutoring technology that turns data into student success.
For more than 20 years, W/A has collaborated with the most transformative organizations, individuals, and investors in education. Our diverse team of educators, wonks, and storytellers brings in-depth understanding of policy, technology, and practice to bear on cutting-edge research, powerful writing, and the design of communications and advocacy campaigns that challenge the status quo. Whether we’re working with startups or the most established organizations in education, we’re passionate about taking breakthrough ideas to scale.