Archive for June, 2008
Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card
Monday, June 30th, 2008I watched this HBO documentary about a high school in Baltimore. I was blown away by the reality of this show. The one thing that stood out to me as an educator was when a teacher decided it was time to quit in the middle of the school year. He explained that he wasn’t getting [...]
How to Acquire Students For Your eTutoring Business
Monday, June 30th, 2008There are many online and offline tutor websites who generate parent leads for tutors. Most of these websites generate student leads instead of parent leads. The reason for this is simple. Students are always searching for ways to short cut their homework assignments. Imagine if we had Google growing up. Students are the ones usually [...]
Online Tutoring Companies vs. TutorFi
Friday, June 27th, 2008Online tutoring companies usually hire tutors who are underpaid and are not given a chance to communicate with the parents. Most of these companies offer homework help or curriculum based tutoring. The student rarely gets to work with the same tutor and in some cases 1 tutor might have up to 5 students so it’s [...]