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Tutoring Services: Five Tips for Choosing the Best - Today, tutoring services abound. There are a number of tutoring center franchises that have sprung up in strip malls, online tutoring, and more traditional one-on-one tutoring. But how do you make an informed decision about which tutoring service to use? Here are five tips for choosing the best.  1. Do your research. Most tutoring services have websites, so first go online. Tutor centers should have a wealth of information available on their websites that covers everything from the subjects they offer and their philosophy of education to statements about the qualifications of their tutors and testimonials.  2. Know your goals. When selecting a tutoring service, it's important to know what you want to get out of the experience. Perhaps your child is falling behind in a subject and needs remediation with a math tutor. Maybe your child is a gifted or accelerated student and needs to be challenged to reach his or her full poten...

When is Tutoring Appropriate? Five Tips to Help Your Child - There is much written about the ways in which children today are overscheduled. Between school, homework, sports, dance, band, and community service projects, it's difficult to carve out even an hour a day for family time. Still, many parents find themselves considering whether or not to get tutoring for their children. It's rarely an easy decision to make, so here are five tips to help you determine when it's appropriate to engage the services of a tutor.  1. Raising Grades. Tutors can help children raise their grades. If your child is falling behind in math, for example, a math tutor can work with your child to help him or her understand the curriculum and become better prepared for class work and for tests. If your child is falling behind in several subjects, tutoring can help him or her raise his or her overall grade point average.  2. Acceleration. Tutoring can be an excellent tool for gifted and accelerated...