It takes a little effort, but students can still engage in learning activities while school — and Cluster Tutoring — are canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This certainly isn’t an all-inclusive list of what’s available online, but it’s a good place to start. If parents are afraid of students falling behind in schoolwork, students… Read More

Cluster Tutoring is looking for students, tutors, and parents to help make donuts at the Oak Park Farmers’ Market on Saturday, July 31. The Farmers’ Market is at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake Street in Oak Park. The program can earn $1,000 for just one day of work. Public health precautions due to the COVID-19… Read More

Learning is important, but health is just as important. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cluster Tutoring Board of Directors has decided to cancel all of the remaining tutoring sessions for the remainder of the school year. We encourage tutors and students’ families to stay in touch during this time. Perhaps tutors and students can… Read More

This summer’s program at the Chicago Public Library is all about learning new ways to play as well as learn. From June 24 to August 17, kids 0-13 years old are invited to play in all kinds of ways, at the library and on their own, as an Explorer at Play. Library locations around the… Read More

Many charities and nonprofits seek donations this time of year. Here’s why a donation to Cluster Tutoring can make a real difference to a student’s life: At the end of the 2018-19 tutoring year, 80 percent of Cluster students had made progress in reading fluency, and over half improved their vocabulary skills. 65 percent of… Read More

The New York Times Magazine has produced a master work about the history of slavery in the United States. Through a partnership with the Pulitzer Center, the 1619 Project is available online as a tool for teachers, parents, tutors, and students to gain a deeper understanding of how the history of slavery affects us all… Read More

Whether you’re the tutor of a high school student, the parent of one, or a teenager yourself, you’re going to find out quickly that Beverly Singleton can offer assistance in steering high schoolers toward their next steps. Beverly is Cluster’s program specialist for Project Next Step, a new program specifically aimed at those in high… Read More

There’s no mystery about it: Young readers always can use more good books. Cluster Tutoring is the grateful recipient of about 100 books given by author Heather Ash, president of the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. The books, aimed at a young adult audience, are all from book publishers. Heather was on… Read More

Austin residents 16 and older have more neighborhood opportunities to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Appointments are available for those 16 and older to get inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine at Loretto Hospital. Those signing up for the first shot will get an automatic appointment for a second shot three weeks later. There is no date… Read More

Cluster is looking for 24 students, tutors, and parents to help us make donuts at the Oak Park Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Aug. 12. The program can make $1,000 for one day of work. We are looking for folks to work one of three shifts. The first shifts start at 4 a.m., and the last… Read More