Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗Rhode Island · Schools & districts
High-impact tutoring for Rhode Island schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Connect Rhode Island’s emphasis on mathematics, early literacy, and year-round learning with focused instruction and a practical plan for your students.
A closer look at Rhode Island
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What Rhode Island is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
Strong mathematics instruction. Evidence-based reading support. More opportunities to learn and participate. Build tutoring around the priorities Rhode Island schools and communities are putting into practice.
Explore Rhode Island funding ↓
Official sources checked November 9, 2026
01High-impact tutoring. Connect mathematics support with the core.
Rhode Island’s emphasis
RIDE prioritizes tutoring in mathematics across grades and in early literacy. Its high-impact model emphasizes consistent tutors, materials connected to classroom learning, small groups, and formative assessment. RIDE recommends one to three students per tutor and scheduling that supports access.
The Cignition connection
Start with the mathematics students are learning in class. Review the proposed tasks, prerequisite support, group size, and recurring session schedule together. Use visual models and student explanations to keep the focus on understanding and grade-level learning.
02Right to Read. Make additional instruction work with the classroom.
Rhode Island’s emphasis
Rhode Island’s Right to Read Act centers the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy, with proficiency or awareness expectations based on an educator’s assignment. The state also expects schools to use high-quality curriculum materials aligned with its academic standards.
The Cignition connection
Use the school’s screening information, reading goals, and classroom materials to identify where students need more instruction and practice. Review foundational-skills lessons and progress communication with your literacy team so tutoring complements the school’s core reading program.
03MTSS. Plan the instruction and the conditions for participation.
Rhode Island’s emphasis
Rhode Island’s multi-tiered system of supports connects strong core instruction with academic and social-emotional interventions. RIDE’s framework emphasizes assessment, targeted support, and data-based adjustment when learners need more help.
The Cignition connection
Agree on the learning goal, how students will be grouped, and what evidence the school team will review. Protect tutoring time and plan local support for joining sessions. Discuss attendance and engagement alongside learning information so implementation questions inform the next step.
Our curriculum. Your instructional goals.
From a learning target
to student thinking.
Start with the skill your students need next. Connect the learning goal, the task, and the explanation that shows how a student is thinking.
The Rhode Island connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
Rhode Island’s emphasis on mathematics tutoring, early literacy, and participation provides context for reviewing this sample. Examine how a learner connects integer operations with a model and explains a change.
Compare the task and prerequisites with your classroom sequence and student work.
Explore a sample lesson
Middle school mathematics
Math · 6–8 sample. Open the student lesson to examine the tasks for yourself.
Open the middle school mathematics sample ↗
What should we look for?
Consider how a learner connects integer operations with a model and explains a change. Which responses would help your team decide what the student understands and what to teach next?
How would this connect with our curriculum?
Compare the learning goal, task, language, and prerequisites with your classroom materials. Your school’s learning sequence and the students’ starting points guide that discussion.
How should we use this example?
This grade-band sample illustrates selected instruction. It has not been customized for Rhode Island and is not a comprehensive state standards alignment. For a specific alignment question, share the standard and classroom materials with our team.
Inside a school partnership
A shared plan.
People to keep
it moving.
Cignition brings live virtual instruction, purpose-built lessons, a dedicated program manager, and participation and learning information. For example, a Rhode Island school could protect a recurring middle-school math group and agree how teachers and tutors will exchange learning information. Your school provides protected time, technology, and local support. This is a planning illustration; service eligibility and the agreed scope shape any partnership.
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Turn the instructional need into a workable plan.
Your school team
Identify the students and reading or math goals, share classroom and screening information, and protect recurring time. Your team names an onsite contact and checks devices, connectivity, and the proposed use of school funds.
The Cignition team
Your program manager coordinates planning with your school. Cignition prepares tutor assignments, small groups, instructional materials, and launch arrangements around your Rhode Island school’s mathematics tutoring, early literacy, and participation.
Keep the session focused and students connected.
Your school team
Help students join on time, maintain a supervised learning space, and support participation or connection issues. Classroom teachers continue core instruction; tutoring provides additional targeted learning time.
The Cignition team
Experienced, carefully vetted tutors lead live virtual instruction using Cignition’s purpose-built curriculum, questions, models, and discussion. They respond to student work and record attendance, participation, and learning information.
Use the information. Keep the conversation going.
Your school team
Share classroom observations and school assessment context, review participation with your onsite contact, and identify questions about student learning or the routine.
The Cignition team
Your program manager shares participation and learning information and coordinates follow-up. Cignition’s instructional and implementation teams use that information with your school to consider grouping, learning targets, or scheduling adjustments.
Rhode Island funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Begin with the district’s actual allocation or a current program award. Title I, existing 21st CCLC grants, and Learn365RI municipal partnerships have different purposes, students, schedules, and approval requirements. A statewide investment is the starting point for a local funding conversation.
Selected federal funding for Rhode Island
FY 2026 · Published statewide awards
Title II, Part A
Educator effectiveness and instructional capacity.
View funding source ↗Title III, Part A
English-language acquisition and support for English learners.
View funding source ↗21st Century Community Learning Centers
Academic enrichment during non-school hours.
View funding source ↗Read the RHODE ISLAND row and Fiscal Year 2026 column in each federal award table. These are statewide allocations, not unspent local funds or a dedicated tutoring budget. Title II generally supports educator capacity. Confirm your district’s allocation, allowable use, and available balance before planning an expense.
Rhode Island funding pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Additional instructional support.
Start with the school’s plan.
Ongoing formula funding · Local approval required
Who / what it supports
Rhode Island’s Title I-A program supports schools serving students from low-income families. Schoolwide programs address needs across an approved school plan; targeted-assistance programs serve identified students who are failing, or at risk of failing, to meet state standards.
Where tutoring could fit
Review proposed mathematics or reading support against the needs assessment, participating students, and approved program. Confirm the instructional purpose, staffing requirements, evidence expectations, delivery arrangements, and supplement-not-supplant rules with the district.
Practical next step: Ask the district’s federal-program and business teams to verify the current allocation, available balance, allowable costs, required documentation, and purchasing process before committing funds.
Explore Rhode Island’s Title I-A guidance ↗Learning beyond school.
Work with an existing grantee.
Current awarded programs · Approved activities and budget required
Who / what it supports
Rhode Island’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers combine after-school and summer academic support with enrichment and family engagement. RIDE requires a partnership between the participating school and a community-based organization and prioritizes high-poverty areas in grant awards.
Where tutoring could fit
An existing grantee can review focused math or reading instruction as part of its broader academic program. Confirm eligible students, service hours, attendance records, remote tutor delivery, onsite supervision, and contracting against the approved grant.
Practical next step: Verify the current award term, available balance, and any required program or budget amendment. RIDE anticipates its next RFP during 2026–27 for grants beginning July 1, 2027; that forecast is not an open application.
Explore Rhode Island’s 21st CCLC program ↗A community learning partnership.
Start with the municipality.
FY 2027 investment · Round 5 awards announced August 2026
Who / what it supports
Learn365RI brings municipalities, schools, and community organizations together around out-of-school learning. Rhode Island’s enacted FY 2027 budget continues the initiative, and the Governor announced its fifth round of municipal awards in August 2026.
Where tutoring could fit
Learn365RI programs have included after-school tutoring. A municipal partner can evaluate focused math or reading support within its approved local plan. Confirm whether live virtual tutors, local supervision, service hours, participating students, and proposed costs meet that award’s conditions.
Practical next step: Ask the municipality or fiscal lead to verify its award period, available funds, approved activities, and procurement process before planning a service. The awards are not an open grant competition or automatic approval of a tutoring provider.
Explore Rhode Island’s latest Learn365RI awards ↗Rhode Island · Program fit & purchasing
Start with fit.
Plan the details.
RIDE offers a vetted-provider purchasing route, but its guidance says districts are not required to select a vendor from that list. Work with the district’s purchasing team to determine the appropriate process and verify any contract or approval before relying on it.
Confirm the funding source, available balance, state and local staffing requirements, background checks, student-data protections, and onsite support for live virtual sessions. For Learn365RI or 21st CCLC, include the program’s fiscal lead and verify that the proposed service fits its approved award, budget, and delivery arrangements.
A few useful questions
What would you like to work through?
Start here, then bring the questions specific to your students and school.
How would tutoring connect with our adopted curriculum?
Start with the school’s learning sequence, classroom materials, and student work. Review the proposed Cignition lessons and prerequisite support with your instructional team. Rhode Island expects schools to use high-quality, standards-aligned core materials; additional tutoring should support that instruction rather than replace it.
How would reading support connect with Right to Read?
Use screening information and classroom priorities to identify the reading skills students need next. Review proposed lessons and the assigned tutors’ qualifications with the literacy team, including applicable state requirements. Discuss how explicit foundational-skills instruction, practice, and progress communication would complement the school’s reading program.
Can Title I funding support tutoring?
It may support eligible services within the district’s approved program. Schoolwide and targeted-assistance programs have different purposes and student eligibility rules. Confirm the instructional need, allowable costs, staffing, available funds, and purchasing requirements with the district’s federal-program team.
Could tutoring fit within Learn365RI?
Possibly, through a municipality’s approved local program. Learn365RI has included after-school tutoring alongside other learning opportunities. The municipal or program lead would need to confirm the current award, eligible activities and students, available balance, virtual delivery, local supervision, and any required approvals.
Can we review examples of your curriculum?
Yes. The Content Library includes existing math and ELA grade-band samples. Review the instructional approach, then discuss the Rhode Island standards and local curriculum connections your school needs. These are instructional examples, not a comprehensive or reviewed Rhode Island alignment crosswalk.
What if I’m looking for help for my own child?
This page focuses on school and district partnerships. For tutoring arranged directly by a family, explore Cignition’s family plans and discuss your child’s learning goals, grade level, and scheduling needs.
Your school’s next step
Let’s plan around
your students.
Planning around mathematics tutoring, early literacy, and participation? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your Rhode Island school before deciding whether to book a call.
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