July 20, 2026

Unlocking Student Potential: Discover the Power of High-Impact Tutoring

Unlocking Student Potential: Discover the Power of High-Impact Tutoring
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Season 2026

Welcome to Digital Learning Today. In this episode, Jeff Bradbury explores the strategic systems shaping the future of education: Instructional Coaching, Artificial Intelligence, Professional Learning, and Educational Technology Trends. In this episode, host, Jeff Bradbury speaks with Danielle Alcaraz, Senior Vice President of Sales at Cignition, about the growth of high-impact tutoring and its role in unlocking student potential. They discuss collaborative learning models, partnerships with educational institutions, and how technology—including AI—enhances tutoring effectiveness. Danielle shares how Cignition focuses on standards-based interventions and the company's future as they continue empowering students and educators.

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  • Curriculum Design and Implementation:Discover practical strategies for integrating digital learning into existing curricula, creating vertical alignment of skills, and mapping digital learning across grade levels.
  • Effective Instructional Coaching:Master the art of coaching people rather than technology, building relationships that drive success, and measuring impact through student engagement rather than just technology usage.

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In This Episode …

  • Tutoring is a research-based, growing practice that actively engages students.
  • High-impact tutoring unlocks student potential through structured interventions.
  • Parents value building deep relationships with tutors to better understand their child's needs.
  • Cignition works closely with school systems to implement effective tutoring programs.
  • The program builds student empowerment and confidence.
  • The tutoring model prioritizes understanding over rote memorization.
  • Future plans include expanding high-impact tutoring to additional states.
  • Partnerships with educational institutions drive Cignition's success.

About our Guest: Danielle Alcaraz

With a passion for providing best-of-breed solutions and services to better the world, one child at a time, Danielle Alcaraz has spent the last twenty years as an Edtech leader scaling and building edtech organizations to award-winning, growth engines that make an impact. Her work in building and scaling high-performing teams that drive organization innovation, go-to-market strategies, and enterprise-level sales, has led to record-setting growth. As senior vice president of sales, Danielle leads the sales organization, operations, business development, and channel management divisions. As a key member of the executive leadership team, Danielle helps to drive organizational innovation, strategy, and impact. Danielle serves as a board member for an educational foundation and is the regional director for a leading educational technology industry chapter focusing on women and leadership, driving best practices of educational technology and business. An MBA graduate with an emphasis on marketing and entrepreneurship.

About Cignition

Founded in 2014 with the mission of building conceptual understanding, one engaged learner at a time, Cignition is a K-12 virtual tutoring platform led by experienced educators who produce proven, repeatable results in student success. Its research-based approach focuses on data-informed instruction and collaborative learning, encouraging student-to-student interaction to build deep conceptual understanding. Cignition’s innovative tutoring approach has been recognized by numerous awards, including two prestigious SIIA CODiEs. The company’s first offering was the award-winning FogStone Isle virtual world math supplement used by hundreds of thousands of elementary and middle school students and their teachers nationwide. Cigntion is the recipient of two 2024 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards, recognized as the Best Learning Recovery Tool and Best EdTech Company to Watch. For more information, visit https://www.cignition.com/.

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