Many educators believe that today’s widespread use of tutors is due to parents’ anxiety about their children’s success. Tutoring is now a $4 billion a year industry in the United States, serving children as young as 2 or 3 kids who need temporary help with a complex subject and, increasingly, families who see it as a way to give their children an academic edge over their peers in a competitive world.
And it’s not solely reserved for older kids at risk of academic failure. Those whose families were able to afford it went to private tutors – often to ensure success at a prestigious private school or admission to an elite college.īut tutoring is no longer a special privilege of the wealthy. When today’s parents and grandparents struggled academically in their own childhoods, many simply stayed after school for extra help from the teacher. As a result, his mother says, Jared’s reading ability, confidence and self-esteem have all improved. He began seeing a tutor twice a week for help. Jared Lloyd was having trouble with reading, specifically letter recognition and retention.
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