Lilly Barkes

We're excited to share that Listen to Our Future's Education Mentorship program has been awarded the Tutoring Program Design Badge by the National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) at Stanford University, achieving full alignment across every Tutoring Quality Standards indicator. When LTOF was initially launched, our CEO, Lillian Barkes, hoped for a method to distinguish high-quality tutoring programs. In practice, tutoring can involve activities such as homework assistance, virtual...

At Listen to Our Future Inc., this is something we hear often when we first enter a new tutoring location. I know that phrase intimately, because I used to say it about myself. I was a struggling reader long before I became an educator. Undiagnosed hearing problems slowed my early learning, and the "whole language" teaching approach popular at the time never gave me the phonics foundation I needed. By second grade, I was crying during partner reading because I needed help with every few...

At Listen to Our Future Inc., we believe in equipping youth with the foundational skills necessary to thrive academically and beyond. One...