One of the benefits we see beyond academic support, and why we pay a higher than average price for DC to work with an experienced teacher for tutoring, is that our DC is more receptive to advice from the tutor than to advice that we offer. They discuss how to communicate with teachers, how to structure revision time in advance of exams, and test strategies. Most of this is not any advice that we wouldn't give DC ourselves, but we are met with eye rolls and sighs, whereas our DC seems to take advice more graciously and actually apply it when it comes from the tutor.

The middling kids would need tutoring to keep up. The top kids also need tutoring but only to a certain degree, e.g., in an advanced class. But it's rare that a middling kids could become a top kid merely by having tutoring, even on all of their courses.

Anonymous wrote:In middle school, I paid $60/hour to help my oldest supplement in math. This DC was ahead and was able to skip a year in math in high school. When my DC child struggled in a science class during high school, I spent $170/hour for a tutor. It was a waste of money. The problem was that DC was not doing all the work.

So, I also spent $100/hour on executive coaching after the science debacle. That was the best money I’ve spent. DC could finish high school strong without more tutoring after he mastered time management.

This is the way. Unless a kid 1)has individual schooling needs(ie gifted or LD), 2) is having difficulty in a subject, or 3)studying something not offered at the school, why would I paying for a tutor just because. And OP is getting a tutor just because all her kid’s friends have them.

we pay 160 an hour ,a lot but its been great

We pay $100 for an excellent teacher to come to our house for 45 min once per week. We have seen noticeable improvement. Online wouldn’t work for our kid.

In middle school, I paid $60/hour to help my oldest supplement in math. This DC was ahead and was able to skip a year in math in high school. When my DC child struggled in a science class during high school, I spent $170/hour for a tutor. It was a waste of money. The problem was that DC was not doing all the work.

So, I also spent $100/hour on executive coaching after the science debacle. That was the best money I’ve spent. DC could finish high school strong without more tutoring after he mastered time management.

I'm a private school teacher, and my colleagues and I typically make $100/hr and that covers a range of different subjects.

Ask the department head if they maintain a list. Ours does of current and former teachers who are interested in tutoring. This is helpful because they are very familiar with the curriculum, and we have found their rates to be reasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a recent grad and we did private K-12th.

We didn’t do any tutoring. I can’t imagine spending what we spent on tuition and then needing a tutor.

This is going to blow your mind, but I live in a neighborhood that's 50-50 private/public, and nearly ALL the kids get tutors at some point, regardless of where they go to school. Some of it remedial and some of it is stabilization to stay ahead.

The truth is that most wealth parents get tutors for their kids. Tutoring is a function of wealth, not academics.

The number of kids using tutors at our kid’s private school was one of the real surprising things I learned the first year they were there. That and the number of kids with private college counselors.

Nonsense its all merit based kids in this area certainly don’t need tutors!