Virtual tutoring: What started as a pandemic phenomenon has evolved from a temporary fix to an educational fixture

When Amanda Neitzel first evaluated a live virtual reading-tutoring program called AirReading two years ago, she found what most educators would have predicted: modest results.

One semester of live video tutoring nudged struggling early readers forward by roughly a month's worth of learning.

But when she ran the study across a full school year, the difference was extraordinary.

Literacy gains more than doubled. ...