American University’s School of Education's (SOE) Future Teacher Tutors program was awarded a grant renewal for up to $739,000 over two years through the High Impact Tutoring Scaling grant from the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). This additional funding will allow Future Teacher Tutors to expand from one local elementary school to four schools to now include the Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School, the Langley Elementary School, the Sousa Middle School, and the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus.

The partnership reinforces elementary school student learning as well as AU students, according to SOE Dean Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy. "There are only a few teacher education programs doing tutoring in communities, particularly urban communities," she said. "As tutors, they will work with educators to build off lesson plans being taught in classrooms."

SOE and CityTutor DC partnered to create AU Future Teacher Tutors to bring high-impact tutoring to DC elementary school students in northeast, southeast, and northwest DC since 2021. School of Education (SOE) students provide tutoring twice a week to kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students throughout the District of Columbia. Learn more here.