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K–12 math & ELA High-Impact Tutoring

Live tutoring.
Deeper understanding.

Experienced tutors help students explain ideas, ask questions, and use what they learn.

Small-group school programs. One-to-one support for your child.

Inside a school partnership
The tutor joins online.
The learning happens together.

Hear directly from students and educators at Place Bridge Academy.

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Our mission

Cognitive Ignition

Building conceptual understanding,
one engaged learner at a time.

That moment when a new idea starts to make sense. We help students build understanding they can carry into the next problem, passage, or conversation.

NSSA Tutoring Program Design Badge awarded to Cignition

Recognized by NSSA

Research-aligned
program design.

Cignition’s documented design aligns with the core characteristics of high-impact tutoring.

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The Cignition difference

Strong tutoring takes
more than tutor time.

The people, instruction, support, and information around a session matter. Our program brings them together around the students being served.

People who connect

A familiar person.
A reason to participate.

Tutors are chosen for demonstrated teaching ability, communication, and readiness to lead a productive virtual session. Consistent relationships give students space to ask questions and make their thinking visible.

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Start with the students

The right support starts
with who you’re serving.

For schools & districts

Added instructional capacity.
A partner for your team.

Live, small-group math and ELA tutoring, configured around your students, academic priorities, and school day.

  • Instruction that keeps students active in the work
  • Program planning and implementation coordination
  • Useful visibility into participation and learning
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For families

One child. One tutor.
Room to build confidence.

Live, one-to-one math and ELA tutoring with an experienced tutor who gets to know your child.

A tutor and a student discussing a reading passage in a live one-to-one session.
Start with a free session

A free first 30-minute session.
Confirm your session with our team.

Evidence across programs

Progress you can examine.
Experiences you can hear.

Learning, participation, and implementation tell different parts of the story. Explore results from named programs and the measures behind them.

Foundational literacy · Ohio

17.8 months

Average reading growth for students receiving 40–50 tutoring hours.

Progress through the program’s phonics-based reading levels, expressed in months. The reported growth occurred alongside schools’ core instruction and is a program-aligned estimate, rather than a state-test result.

K–5 foundational literacy program · 2023–24

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Another view of progress

44.6%

Reported average standards progress across math and ELA.

Ohio statewide program · 2024–25. Based on Cignition’s mastery checks, with baseline and final assessments.

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Different measures answer different questions. These results are separate program findings, not a pooled average or a prediction for a new student.

2 independent randomized studies

Separate fifth-grade fractions studies found statistically significant learning gains. Explore the specific interventions and study conditions.

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Awards & recognition

Recognized.
Year after year.

In their words

You can hear
the difference.

A student joining the conversation. A question asked with more confidence. A partner seeing the work take shape.

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A school perspective · Meaningful participation

“Students have enjoyed interacting with their virtual Cignition tutors and engaging collaboratively in meaningful mathematics with their peers.”
Hilary MorganCoordinator of Mathematics
Lexington County School District One Explore school and district experiences

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News & insights.

New partnerships, program updates, and practical perspectives on learning.

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See it in practice

Get closer to
the learning.

Walk through the session experience, instructional tools, and information that help people support students.

The guided tour

  1. 01Inside a live tutoring session
  2. 02Purposeful instruction and student thinking
  3. 03Visibility into learning and participation
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