​There’s an opportunity here to disrupt the current model of tutoring and provide a new solution that could change the face of higher education.

The question is, what if we started thinking about education differently?

What if we thought about it in terms of providing personalized instruction for each individual student, rather than large classes of people?

Despite the promise of online tutoring, the tutoring nonconsumption seemed to persist and no dominant entity emerged in the field. However, with the recent interest in high-dosage tutoring solutions to help students make up for lost learning during the pandemic, there has been a resurgence in spending on online tutoring businesses. 

Among the leaders in this wave is Business professor  who believes free market economic principles are the answer to education’s (and pretty much all other society’s social) problems. High-dosage tutoring is en vogue among those seeking to help students rapidly make up for learning lost during the pandemic. 

With a significant research base behind the efficacy of tutoring, that’s driven widespread interest in schools using federal relief dollars on such tutoring solutions. And that in turn has fueled spending on a variety of businesses offering tutoring solutions.

​A statewide reading support program is seeing positive results from young Tupelo students. Tupelo was selected as one of eight communities to implement Mission Acceleration, a statewide program aiming to increase reading achievement for 1,000 kindergarten through fifth grade children throughout the state.

The program provides intensive reading instruction and support to struggling readers. It also gives teachers professional development and resources to improve their reading instruction.

So far, the results have been positive. In the first year of the program, the percentage of students who were reading on grade level increased from 38% to 54%.

Mission Acceleration has 4 semesters, 7 weeks in the summer and 1 semester each fall and spring, for a total of 34 weeks. It uses learning materials and boost reading skills, and it has proven to be a great success, according to acceleration program manager for north Mississippi, who says it’s also been an academic and social boost, with academic guides serving as mentors for the young participants. 

"We are thrilled with the progress our students have made," said superintendant. "Mission Acceleration has given our teachers the tools they need to help our students succeed."