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I 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 [...]

There 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 [...]

Online 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 [...]

Below is Part 1 on What Makes a Good Teacher… Good teachers really want to be good teachers Good teachers try and try and try again, and let students know that they try. Just as they respect students who really try. Students that see this will respect you. Good Teachers Take Risks Good teachers set themselves impossible [...]

A career working with students can often be exhausting, overwhelming, and frustrating at times.  There are days that I come home from the classroom and I don’t know if I have enough energy or desire to return the following day.  There are times when I finish an online tutoring session and am not sure if [...]