A great math tutor can push your child up a level. They aren't satisfied by the curriculum provided and seek to always go just a bit beyond it. This optimizes growth and enables your child to do well this year and next year.

Tutoring is a long term investment. I've seen parents who insist in 2x / week meetings throughout geometry and algebra 2. This level of commitment leads to higher grades and standardized test scores down the line if you have the right tutor. Pick someone who has accolades and a clear sense of caring for your child. Find them and never let go because others will poach them the moment you do.

Sincerely,

Someone who tutors 50+ hours / week. Rates vary $120 - $225 / hour depending on subject. Yes, $225 / hr may seem ridiculous, but there is substantial prep work involved when tutoring non-standard college courses.

Note that all classes are not created equal. There are very few tutors who can teach Physics C, Calculus BC, and SAT/ACT Prep at the 1600/36 level. Even for the lower levels, you want someone who can guide your child to that level of achievement.

Remember, many lawyers charge $500-$1500 / hour. You pay these fees everyday as they are buried in your grocery bill, utilities, closing costs on homes, internet provider, medical care etc. Is there contributor to society really 10-30x as valuable as a tutor charging $50 / hr?

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

it is over the phone.

And it’s super glitchy.

It’s gaslighting to keep pushing Tutor.com on families. They tried it, families didn’t find it effective. FCPS needs to move on.

My kids have found it useful for getting help with homework every now and again. Free, available 24 hours a day. Is it definitely not the same as having a $100 per hour personal tutor, but it serves a role for now.

We pay $100 for HS math. Tutor is a recent FCPS teacher in the relevant subjects and has a masters.

Anonymous wrote:Currently paying $100/hour for 2nd grader

Why? And in what subjects?

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

it is over the phone.

And it’s super glitchy.

It’s gaslighting to keep pushing Tutor.com on families. They tried it, families didn’t find it effective. FCPS needs to move on.

Anonymous wrote:PSA

Tutor.com pays its employees $14-$18 per hour.

Less than babysitters.

According to DCUM, that’s more than teachers should make.

Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

it is over the phone.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

If online learning worked for my K-2 kid, I wouldn’t be shelling out $$ for private tutoring since kindergarten.

But sure, they can pat themselves on the back for offering an underutilized service with the ESSR funds. Kids fell behind from online learning….so what does FCPS offer? More online learning. 😑

Te hey put plenty of feelers out to pay teachers to tutor. No one wanted to do it.

I don’t doubt that, as FCPS could not afford them. (I also doubt they tried very hard or cast a wide net.) Public school teachers aren’t the only IRL humans able to tutor. (But tutor.com was a quick contract to get up and running while checking the ‘address the learning loss’ box.)

I mean, they’re trying now. Open to anyone, currently employed by FCPS or otherwise. Hourly band 13, $47.17/hr

But who wants to work for $47/hr, taxed, when you can make $100/hr under the table, pick your clients carefully, and have them come to your kitchen table? So yeah, FCPS can’t afford the going rate.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

If online learning worked for my K-2 kid, I wouldn’t be shelling out $$ for private tutoring since kindergarten.

But sure, they can pat themselves on the back for offering an underutilized service with the ESSR funds. Kids fell behind from online learning….so what does FCPS offer? More online learning. 😑

Te hey put plenty of feelers out to pay teachers to tutor. No one wanted to do it.

I don’t doubt that, as FCPS could not afford them. (I also doubt they tried very hard or cast a wide net.) Public school teachers aren’t the only IRL humans able to tutor. (But tutor.com was a quick contract to get up and running while checking the ‘address the learning loss’ box.)

I mean, they’re trying now. Open to anyone, currently employed by FCPS or otherwise. Hourly band 13, $47.17/hr

But who wants to work for $47/hr, taxed, when you can make $100/hr under the table, pick your clients carefully, and have them come to your kitchen table? So yeah, FCPS can’t afford the going rate.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

If online learning worked for my K-2 kid, I wouldn’t be shelling out $$ for private tutoring since kindergarten.

But sure, they can pat themselves on the back for offering an underutilized service with the ESSR funds. Kids fell behind from online learning….so what does FCPS offer? More online learning. 😑

Te hey put plenty of feelers out to pay teachers to tutor. No one wanted to do it.

I don’t doubt that, as FCPS could not afford them. (I also doubt they tried very hard or cast a wide net.) Public school teachers aren’t the only IRL humans able to tutor. (But tutor.com was a quick contract to get up and running while checking the ‘address the learning loss’ box.)

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

If online learning worked for my K-2 kid, I wouldn’t be shelling out $$ for private tutoring since kindergarten.

But sure, they can pat themselves on the back for offering an underutilized service with the ESSR funds. Kids fell behind from online learning….so what does FCPS offer? More online learning. 😑

Te hey put plenty of feelers out to pay teachers to tutor. No one wanted to do it.

Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

If online learning worked for my K-2 kid, I wouldn’t be shelling out $$ for private tutoring since kindergarten.

But sure, they can pat themselves on the back for offering an underutilized service with the ESSR funds. Kids fell behind from online learning….so what does FCPS offer? More online learning. 😑

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Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

It’s can be hard for some students to learn a topic over chat.

Anonymous wrote:You guys know that tutor.com is free for all FCPS students this year and next, right? If you are willing to use online tutoring, I would try that route before spending $50 per hour and more.

PSA

Tutor.com pays its employees $14-$18 per hour.

Less than babysitters.