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30-03-12: The Most Difficult Part of Becoming a New Tutor
When tutors decide to start tutoring, they often think that there’s a lot to know.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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29-03-12: Problems with Tutors not Declaring Lessons
It’s incredible how quickly some people spot one of the most basic problems with our system at Blue Tutors.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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28-03-12: New York Commits to Tutoring Funding
In a last minute turnaround, 3,500 New York City school students won’t lose funding for private tuition.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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27-03-12: Primary School Literacy
Pete's blog 27-2-2012: I was interested this week to see the Ofsted report...
A Blog article written by Blue Tutors.
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26-03-12: Online Tuition Software can Read Emotions
We may be about to enter a new era of online tuition as software has been developed which uses students’ body language and facial expressions.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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23-03-12: Skill set identification to improve grades
Sometimes, tutoring is about stepping back from what the syllabus requires. It’s about identifying a particular issue a student has and focussing entirely on that for a while.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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22-03-12: Should Undergraduates Become Tutors?
Tutoring is a very attractive proposition for university students.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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21-03-12: Exam Boards Ordered to Make GCSEs Harder
Ofqual have ordered examining boards to toughen up GCSEs for four key subjects.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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20-03-12: Early GCSEs
Pete's blog 20-3-12: I trained a new assessor last week, so we’ll have a few more available assessment dates...
A Blog article written by Blue Tutors.
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19-03-12: Private Tutoring Harms Social Mobility
Private tuition could be widening the gap between the rich and the poor, and hindering social mobility.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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16-03-12: Literacy targets failing primary school children
The official literacy target in primary schools should be raised, according to the chief inspector of schools, who warns that the current benchmark is too low to ensure success at GCSE.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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15-03-12: Private Universities
Highlighting the increasing need for students to monetarise their university education.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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14-03-12: Parents Warned to Teach Children about Adult Supervision
Parents have been warned about the need to teach their children about the risk from inappropriate adult contact.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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13-03-12: Strange Tutor Emails
Pete's blog 13-3-12: I find it amazing that pretty much all of the improvements I make with Blue Tutors require a significant amount of programming...
A Blog article written by Blue Tutors.
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12-03-12: English Maths Teaching Needs Reform
England should follow the example set by Scotland and Hong Kong when it comes to teaching maths.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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09-03-12: Stop Stealing Dreams - Seth Godin’s approach to Education
Ask yourself honestly if you inspire your students, if your students inspire you to do a better job? If not, why not?
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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08-03-12: The Recession and Tuition
We were asked recently by the guardian about how the recession has affected the number of graduate and undergraduate students applying to be tutors.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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07-03-12: MIT to Roll out Online Courses
MIT has announced that it will deliver a course online for the first time.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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06-03-12: Yes to Broader Qualifications
Pete's blog 4-3-12: Well I’ve pretty much finished categorising all the qualification names ...
A Blog article written by Blue Tutors.
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05-03-12: New York Requests Tuition Waiver
The state of New York has filed an application to have a waiver from the most restrictive elements of the ‘No Child Left Behind’ scheme.
A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.
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02-03-12: 11+ tutoring in high demand!
Given the age of the student who sits the 11+ exam you may be inclined to treat it more lightly than a request for, say, A level tuition. However, you do this at your peril.
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.
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01-03-12: Vocational Versus Academic Qualifications
One of the news articles on our site this week was about a report stating that some of the new vocational qualifications, popular at academies, are too easy...
A Blue Tutors article written by Blue Tutors.