Sorry I'm the PP I forgot to add:

Push for A’s at Private Schools Is Keeping Costly Tutors Busy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/education/08tutors.html

The Simple One Way to Help Poor Kids Stay in School
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/19/tutoring-kids-chicago-study-215729

Where to search for tutors locally:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rmhs/guidance/Tutors%20Private%2009.22.11.pdf

As you can see tutoring is beneficial to all kids, not just the wealthy. However, those families who sacrifice to pay for tutors help their children enormously for their future prospects.

Anonymous wrote:How does one go about finding a good tutor?

-Wyzant is the Care.com of tutors. There are independent people as well as companies on there.
-Mathnesium
-look at the places offering academic summer camps near you
-SAT prep class at Montgomery College-
-CTY @ Johns Hopkins
-Prep matters
-https://www.tutors-international.com/parents-private-tutoring-independent-school-fees-treble-tutors-international/

Why private tutoring for your child is time well invested:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/10/10/private-tutoring-time-invested/