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Right. One of the questions we want to answer is whether or not tutoring isn't a full time job for more people is a result of an absolute lack of demand, or lac

Right. One of the questions we want to answer is whether or not tutoring isn't a full time job for more people is a result of an absolute lack of demand, or lack of appropriate channels for that demand. If you knew you could fill 35 hours a week as a tutor at a $50 rate, and do it consistently, would you (hypothetical you that is a teacher)? If you knew that you would have a consistent relationship with a student and actually guide his/her education, how would that change the dynamic? Is something like the old school meaning of "tutor" (Socrates/Alexander) possible at scale in the modern US? Anyway, all that and more as we get more data together...

_delirium 15y ago
On the latter parts, I'm currently an (early-career) college prof and would seriously consider switching to that model if it existed/worked. I'd much prefer tutoring people outside the institutional framework of curricula/grades/exams/lectures if it were reasonably stable work you could earn a living at, with genuinely interested students. There are some good things about the formalized education system, but in large part it's a compromise due to the need to produce some kind of credential employers recognize (related but not identical to "actual learning"), and to make budgets work. Though I'm less interested if, like some tutoring jobs, it's just helping people cram for SATs, and especially if that's really seasonal work that only happens around SAT-time. So I wish you luck. :)