🎉 Introducing Modulo Tutoring: Personalized learning for every family
What if your child could complete the entire K-8 math curriculum in just six months?
At Modulo, we’ve been hard at work incubating a bold new vision for education. And today, we’re thrilled to share it with you. For the past five years, we’ve been iterating and refining our approach. Now, with 50 inspiring new tutors onboard, we’re ready to open it up to the world.
Bloom’s famous 2 Sigma problem demonstrated that students receiving mastery-based, 1:1 instruction perform two standard deviations better than those in traditional classrooms, outperforming 90% of their peers. We’ve seen this firsthand: many Modulo students complete the entire K-8 math curriculum in just six months, proving how powerful mastery-based learning can be when paired with expert tutors and tailored support.
✅ What we are: Modulo Tutoring combines specialized live tutors with adaptive learning technology, a learning concierge and streamlined communication channel for tutors and families to collaborate on children’s progress. Our focus is matching students with the ideal resources, ideal people and best techniques to fully support their unique development as self-directed learners. Modulo is designed to support families who want to be active participants (not passive observers) in their child’s education through ongoing communication and intentional collaboration. Modulo turns the online environment into a physically active space where students stand up, dance, walk around, do jumping jacks and engage in mindfulness exercises to enhance concentration. We focus on cultivating secure attachments with tutors, building a foundation of trust to inspire high-quality, engaged learning.
🚫 What we are not: Modulo Tutoring is not an elite tutoring agency. It is not a vast and overwhelming marketplace of tutors. And it’s certainly not homework help. And we’re also not here to teach, at least not in the traditional sense. Our mission is to help you raise self-directed learners, capable of accomplishing anything they set their heart and mind to in an evolving world.
Designed with mastery learning at its core, this program takes what works: 1:1 education tailored to your child’s unique needs - and makes it accessible to families everywhere.
It’s a completely new way to think about personalized education, built to scale.
What sets Modulo Tutoring apart?
Modulo is purpose-built for families reimagining education outside traditional systems. Whether you’re homeschooling, running a homeschooling community, or blending multiple learning resources, our approach is designed to make personalized, mastery-based learning seamless and effective.
🎯 Expert tutors
Our tutors are the best. Period. After years of experimentation and refinement, we’ve developed a highly effective system for identifying and empowering exceptional educators. They aren’t just experts. They aren’t just great teachers. They are extraordinary mentors. And they are trained to meet the needs of gifted and neurodivergent kids with skill, excitement and creativity.
They are here to guide your child into becoming their own teacher.
They excel at inspiring curiosity, encouraging self-directed education, nurturing confidence, and igniting a lifelong passion for learning.
Our process for finding, vetting, training and retaining tutors is no secret. I’ve documented every step we put into the process in this post.
🏆 Mastery Hours: Core subjects for your child’s power hours
Modulo’s Mastery Hours focus on teaching during the times your child is most mentally alert and engaged, optimizing their ability to absorb and retain new concepts. By targeting these peak focus periods with shorter, high-impact, 1:1 sessions, students learn 10 times as much in 1/10 time compared to traditional schooling. This approach ensures core subjects are mastered with precision and efficiency, creating more time for exploration, creativity, and play.
Read more about Mastery Hours and how they transform learning here.
👩🏫 Learning concierge
A dedicated concierge oversees your child’s learning, helping you navigate their progress and stay connected to their goals. Our learning concierge is here to help ease communication between you and your child’s tutors, support you with every aspect of your child’s learning and empower tutors to meet your child’s unique needs.
💬 Communication hub
Family involvement in education is a core tenet of our educational philosophy. Through our communication hub, parents have a streamlined way to communicate with all their child’s tutors, caregivers and teachers in one place. We’re also now partnering with homeschool programs and providers to support students with custom tutoring solutions, bringing all a child’s key stakeholders under one virtual roof. We’re flipping the teacher student ratio from 1:30 to 30:1.
📚 Mastery-based curriculum
We don’t just match your child with the ideal tutor to meet their unique needs. We match them with the ideal learning program. Choosing the right tool can make all the difference when it comes to your child’s passion for learning. And not any tool is optimal for every child. Over the last five years, we’ve vetted thousands of learning resources and built 200 archetypes to ensure each child studies with a high-quality program they love.
Tutors pair lessons with the ideal program for your child (whether an app, AI tutor, workbook, or nature-based curriculum), so they continue learning and mastering concepts between sessions. We ensure each unique child is paired with a program they love and that inspires them to learn.
Here is a post I wrote about how we combine adaptive learning technology with live tutors to optimize outcomes.
🌟 Self-directed education
At Modulo, we take self-directed education seriously. Every child is born curious—no kid is naturally lazy. But traditional institutionalized schooling often dulls this drive, layering it with conditioning, social-emotional blocks, and fears of failure. Our approach isn’t about “inspiring” kids to learn—it’s about removing those blocks and unlocking the natural curiosity that already exists within them.
By encouraging kids to become autodidacts and ensuring they have plenty of unstructured time for their minds to wander and explore, we foster a lifelong love of learning. This isn’t just a feel-good approach; it’s backed by science and proven to work. Learn more about why giving kids the time and space to follow their curiosity makes all the difference here.
🏃♂️More physically active and relational than traditional school—If you can believe It
Our tutors create a dynamic experience that combines movement, mindfulness, and secure mentor-student relationships. Kids aren’t just sitting at a screen; they’re thriving in the comfort of their own homes, building deep connections with their tutors while staying physically active. We also provide ergonomic tips to ensure kids stay comfortable and healthy as they learn.
🚀 Designed for homeschoolers and modular learners
Modulo tutoring isn’t a supplement; it’s a complete system designed to replace traditional schooling. By integrating mastery-based learning, personalized support, and expert tutors, we empower families to build vibrant, custom-tailored education pathways that meet their child’s unique needs
🎨 Clubs Included!
Families enrolled in 3+ hours of tutoring per week gain exclusive access to Modulo Clubs. Kids can connect with peers worldwide and explore interests beyond 1:1 sessions. From coding to art, these clubs perfectly complement personalized tutoring. Read more about Modulo Clubs here.
🌍 Social Impact
In addition to keeping the cost of high quality tutoring affordable, every family who enrolls in Modulo helps us support our nonprofit program, Mastery Hour, ensuring every child has unlimited access to high-quality tutoring regardless of their family’s income level. We achieve these unit economics through our superb training program, our re-imagining of the online learning space, and combining adaptive apps with tutoring so teachers don’t have to spend extra time prepping for lessons.
🎥 Meet Our Incredible Tutors
With this launch, we’re bringing together an incredible team of tutors, each chosen not just for their expertise, but for their passion for inspiring curiosity and fostering growth.
Our tutors are more than just educators—they’re innovators who work collaboratively with families to unlock each child’s full potential. Here’s a glimpse into the talented individuals ready to work with your child:
🎬 Meet Missy: With over eight years of teaching and tutoring experience, Missy specializes in science, math, English, beginner Spanish, TEFL, and wellness/mental health.
🎬 Meet Laetitia: Modulo’s dedicated learning concierge, head tutor, and a native French speaker who combines her linguistic expertise with a love for culture and history, making language learning a dynamic and engaging experience.
🎬 Meet Lauren: A STEM tutor with a passion for coding, robotics, and game-based learning. Lauren has taught Python, Scratch, and science to students worldwide, inspiring kids to bring their ideas to life.
🎬 Meet Zahra: A child life specialist with a background in health and developmental psychology. Zahra excels in creating supportive environments that help children thrive both academically and emotionally.
🎬 Meet Josh: With a Master’s in Teaching and Special Education certification through the NYC DOE, Josh specializes in ELA, statistics, mathematics, and life skills. Driven by his own experiences with ADHD and Autism, Josh tailors his teaching to meet each student’s unique needs.
🎬 Meet Jasmine: Now with us for two years, Jasmine is a homeschooled student and science prodigy who tutors Python, Scratch, science and math with Modulo. Listen to my in-depth interview with Jasmine on tutoring and learning.
🎬 Meet Jordan: A versatile tutor specializing in math and ELA, with a proven track record of helping students achieve mastery in core subjects.
🎬 Meet Molly: A tutor specializing in ELA and science, Molly’s interactive approach helps students build confidence and excitement in their studies.
🎬 Meet Sophia: One of Modulo’s most loved biology and life sciences tutors!
🎬 Meet Julian: A music teacher from Argentina who excels at teaching piano, drums, guitar and music theory online.
🎬 Meet Rafael: A science and advanced math tutor who turns complex topics like physics, calculus, and biology into accessible, exciting lessons.
🎬 Meet Guadalupe: A bilingual tutor who specializes in ELA, writing, history, and political science, Guadalupe brings a holistic approach to education, empowering students with critical thinking and cultural awareness.
🎬 Meet Kiara: A dynamic science educator with expertise in Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy, and Visual Arts, Kiara blends creativity and rigor to spark curiosity in her students
Meet Sara: Modulo’s dynamic science and digital arts tutor from Mexico.
Each of our tutors brings a unique perspective to learning, ensuring every child gets a truly personalized experience.
🎥 Want to meet more of our incredible tutors? Check out the full playlist here.
Why Modulo Tutoring Works
The 2 Sigma Problem shows that students receiving mastery-based, 1:1 instruction outperform 90% of their peers in traditional classrooms, achieving two standard deviations of improvement.
Many Modulo students complete the entire K-8 math curriculum in just six months!
Every child is unique, and Modulo was designed to meet their individual needs.
Here’s how we make that happen:
Custom learning pathways: Each tutoring plan is tailored to your child’s specific strengths, challenges, and goals.
Flexibility: Whether your child needs regular tutoring or targeted help, we adapt to fit your family’s schedule and learning style.
Proven results: Our families consistently share glowing reviews about how Modulo has transformed their child’s learning experience.
Guiding principles
Mastery learning: Every child works 1:1 with a highly trained tutor, progressing at their own pace for dramatically better outcomes. Bloom’s Two Sigma Problem show that students receiving 1:1 mastery-based instruction outperform 90% of their peers in group classes,
Holistic support: From matching families with expert tutors to pairing your child with adaptive tools and mastery-based curricula, and assigning a learning concierge to follow their progress, we create a learning environment where every child thrives.
Whole-child focus: We don’t just teach; we inspire curiosity, build motivation, and help kids develop lifelong skills. We take into account all factors that might be impacting a child’s learning (social, emotional, physical) and communicate with families to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Self-directed education: our tutors aren’t here to jam information into your child’s brain. They’re here to guide your child to develop their own tools for learning, push past obstacles to self-directed learning, cultivate confidence and discover their purpose and passions. It’s up to your child to direct the lessons, and if they aren’t ready to take that initiative, we help them get there.
This is what the future of education looks like: personalized, accessible, and scalable. And we’re inviting you to be part of it.
✨ What Families Are Saying
But you don’t have to take our word for it. Here’s what families are saying:
“You are a strong team: constructive, solution-oriented, good at communication, and passionate about the work you do. And you are really absorbing the mission our son is on.”
“Our daughter has really thrived in this environment. She’s made many friends and her learning has been dramatically accelerated.”
“We would struggle much more with homeschooling without Modulo, so please know how much we appreciate what you have done with it.”
“Kudos to this entire team at Modulo and teachers. I’m impressed and very happy with the entire process.”
📈 What Makes Modulo different?
Traditional tutoring programs often feel disconnected and isolated. Modulo transforms the experience by building an ecosystem that empowers the whole family:
Collaborative learning team: It’s not just one tutor. It’s a team. All your child’s educators collaborate in an online forum to share insights, align goals, and adapt to their needs in real-time.
Personalized tools and curricula: We pair every family with the perfect resources to reinforce learning beyond sessions—whether that’s adaptive learning apps, curated content, or mastery-based curricula.
Inspiring tutors, carefully vetted: We accept less than 0.2% of applicants, after they’ve completed a rigorous multi-step evaluation, ensuring your child works with the absolute best.
Inquiry-based learning: Modulo tutors are trained to guide your child to ask questions and think critically.
Developmental interaction approach: Our tutors are trained to differentiate learning according to each child’s stage of development and cultural context inspired by Bank Street College of Education.
Self-directed education: Our tutors trust innately in your child’s potential and focus on helping your child take ownership of their learning path.
Support for the whole family: Family involvement in education is a cornerstone of our work at Modulo. Parents get a dedicated learning concierge to oversee tutors, coordinate communication, and provide guidance every step of the way.
A replacement, not a supplement: “Modulo tutoring isn’t here to patch up the shortcomings of traditional school. We’re here to replace it. With our personalized, mastery-based approach, families can craft a vibrant, self-directed education that’s fully tailored to their child’s unique needs.
Beyond the Sessions
Modulo isn’t just about the time spent with tutors. It’s about transforming the way your family approaches education. Our tutors are paired with the ideal learning tools for your child, ensuring that:
• Learning continues between sessions.
• Your child builds mastery, not just memorization.
• Parents have peace of mind knowing their child is on track.
We also provide a communication hub for families, so all your child’s teachers and tutors stay aligned. This kind of integration is unprecedented in traditional tutoring programs—and it’s one of the many ways Modulo is redefining personalized education.
Momentum and What’s Next
This launch is just the beginning. Over the past year, Modulo has grown rapidly, and the excitement around what we’re building is undeniable.
• 50 inspiring tutors onboard and ready to work with families worldwide.
• A growing community of families embracing modular learning.
• Expanding partnerships with microschools, homeschool co-ops, and curriculum providers.
Stay tuned for our big January announcement, where we’ll share how Modulo is partnering with homeschool communities and microschools to bring these ideas to life.
Together, we’re building something extraordinary: a world where every child can access the tools, resources, and community they need to thrive.
Ready to Transform Your Child’s Learning?
💬 Book a free consultation to explore how Modulo Tutoring can transform your child’s education.
Whether you’re looking for STEM support, writing help, or anything in between, Modulo Tutors are here to help your child thrive.