CHESS TUTORS: As a division of People Making Progress, Inc., Chess Tutors is solely devoted to students’ development of life skills and academic success. Our instructors are affiliated with the United States Chess Federation and have been trained to make learning fun.

Chess Tutors has consistently trained and mobilized its corps of volunteers and workers to successfully educate children. We use chess as a vehicle to capture students’ interest in learning. Our aim is to use our curriculum to give students in the K-8th grade confidence that they can learn and apply the basic strategies and techniques we teach them through the game of chess.

They can apply the learned concentration methods to master the principles needed to be excellent in solving mathematic equations, grasping English concepts, understand science theories and solve life problems. Chess Tutors is more than a teaching tool, it is the instruction and application of life skills.

TEST TUTORS: The Test Tutors Program, established in the Los Angeles area school systems, serves at-risk youth; helping them achieve academic success through tutoring as well as societal success through mentoring in areas such as self-esteem, self-control, self-discipline and teamwork.

The aim of this program is to empower children to lead productive lives in their communities through education, caring volunteers and a nurturing environment.

Test Tutors is an outgrowth of two highly successful school programs: Chess Tutors and LearnStar. Test Tutors is a certified supplemental services provider in the state of California.