Topic
Tutoring
What tutoring costs, what the research says makes it work, and how to choose between a person, an app and an AI tutor.
Tutoring
What the research says actually makes tutoring work
Tutoring is one of the best-evidenced interventions in education, but the effect depends on who tutors, how often, and when. Most purchased tutoring misses on frequency.
Oct 3, 20265 min read
Tutoring
Is ChatGPT a good tutor?
It is an excellent explainer and a poor teacher, and the difference is not about model quality. A tutor decides what to teach, checks it landed, and refuses to do the work.
Oct 3, 20265 min read
Tutoring
How to choose a tutor
Most families choose on price and availability, then hope. Five questions, asked before you pay, that predict whether tutoring will work.
Oct 3, 20265 min read
Tutoring
What does a tutor cost, and what are you paying for
Federal wage data puts the median tutor at about $21 an hour, while private tutoring is commonly advertised far above that. The gap explains more than the price does.
Oct 3, 20266 min read
Tutoring
AI tutor or human tutor: an honest comparison
Human tutoring has decades of randomised evidence. AI tutoring has availability, frequency and price. Here is how to choose, and where each one actually fails.
Oct 3, 20266 min read