No Child Left Behind-tutoring

Schools under the No Child Left Behind may be required to pay for tutoring services. Students must use only those tutoring services that are approved by the NCLB programs. Many of these programs charge a fee, but the child school may be required to pay the fee. Many parents are unaware that their children may qualify for these services. Parents should shop around and get the best service for their child and should not have to pay any out of pocket expense.


Krista Stockman of the journal-gazette reports on three schools in Fort Wayne Indiana. Children in these schools are entitled to paid tutoring. The article reports a low number of students utilizing the program.

Fairfield and Bloomingdale elementary schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools and Village Elementary in East Allen County Schools are required to offer free tutoring to students because they failed to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind for at least three years and because they receive federal money to assist schools with a high percentage of low-income students.

It would be interesting to know what tutoring services are available in Fort Wayne, how much do they charge, where they perform their services, and is the tutoring a group or individualized service. Many tutoring services are based out of town.

Both districts have tried to eliminate transportation as an issue by offering companies that do in-home tutoring. A to Z In-Home Tutoring of Nashville, Tenn., and Club Z Tutoring Services of Tampa, Fla., work with students in their homes.

Both districts are also working with Specialty Tutoring of Fort Wayne, which tutors at the schools. FWCS also uses A+ Grades Up of Fort Worth, Texas, and EACS uses The Neighborhood Learning Place of Fort Wayne, which tutor in the schools.

The online service would work wonder for students, if they had computers in their home. Perhaps, some type of funding program could provide computers in the home for some of these students.