Homeschooling
Content associated with homeschooling, personalised tuition and full-time residential private tuition.
Friday, December 16th, 2016
Tutors International announces big expansion plans for 2017, following record-breaking year
Adam Caller, founder of the leading global tutoring firm, announced this week plans for the company to launch a new specialist tutoring jobs listing service, as well as expansion into high-end nanny services. This new direction comes off the back of a record-breaking year in 2016 for Tutors International, which operates all over the world to provide busy families with...
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Monday, December 12th, 2016
Headteachers are receptive to pupils’ extended winter breaks – if accompanied by a private tutor, according to leading tutoring firm
With family time already at a premium for busy professionals, private tutoring is proving to be an effective way of extending precious leisure time over the holiday season, with the blessing of headteachers, Tutors International commented this week. This year, more families are opting to extend their winter travel plans, with the permission of schools, with the help of exceptional...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
What I Learned This Week: The Case for Home Schooling
This article was first published in 13d.com. Reproduced here by kind permission of the author, Kiril Solokoff. The case for home schooling grows stronger by the day. This is a subject we study endlessly. The major reason for not home schooling, the thinking goes, is because of the need for socialization—which can only be obtained in the school environment. The major flaw...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
Need for Western tutors in China continues to rise, as more students set sights on Ivy League University places, says leading private tuition firm
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, commented this week on the growing concern that Chinese students are being inadequately prepared for further education overseas, impacting prospects and quality of education. According to a 2016 article in The Economist magazine [1], the number of Chinese students applying for coveted places at Western Universities quintupled in 2015, with students becoming increasingly frustrated...
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Friday, November 18th, 2016
School teachers and private tutors are not rivals, and should work together to improve the UK education sector, says leading education consultant
Adam Caller, founder of leading global private tutoring company, Tutors International, issued a statement this week expressing his concern at the continued lack of professionalisation of the UK education industry. Amid an ongoing effort to create a professional body for UK private tutors and tutoring companies, Mr Caller was surprised to discover that there is also, currently, no chartered association...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Tutors International reports a gross total sales revenue of £1m in new contracts in September as record 2016 growth continues
Continuing a record-breaking year for the firm, September saw Tutors International net an estimated £1m gross total sales revenue in new tutoring contracts during its busiest period of the year. September and October are peak times for the leading global tutoring firm, with the start of the new academic year and parents looking to identify what extra support their children...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Tutors International reports an increase in number of UK private tutoring enquiries following Brexit result
Adam Caller, founder of the leading tutoring firm, announced this week that the EU Referendum result has prompted an increase in enquiries from international families preparing to move to the UK. Rather than deterring wealthy families from investing in the UK, Brexit seems to have had the opposite effect, with families from the USA and countries such as China, Hong...
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Monday, September 26th, 2016
What I Learned This Week: The Cradles of Eminence
This article was first published in 13d.com. Reproduced here by kind permission of the author, Kiril Solokoff. In this uncertain world, we endlessly search for the best way to raise children and grandchildren. As once again we consider home-schooling, we were recently drawn back again to the timeless Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women by Victor Goertzel and...
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Monday, September 19th, 2016
Leading private tutoring firm refutes common stereotypes associated with full-time homeschooling
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, made a statement this week addressing the most common concerns associated with full-time private tuition and homeschooling for children. The independent education consultant, who founded Tutors International in 1999, highlighted a recent article in Business Insider UK [1] insisting that homeschooling was no longer a ‘strange alternative’ to a traditional classroom education, and suggesting...
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Monday, September 12th, 2016
The needs of gifted children are not being met in the classroom, according to Tutors International
As more home-schooled students prepare for coveted places at prestigious universities than ever before, Tutors International offers advice for parents struggling to balance work and life commitments with the needs of gifted children. The number of child geniuses enrolling at elite universities is growing rapidly, and a common factor amongst them is that many are coming from a home-schooling background....
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
Some UK tutoring companies are failing their clients with a lack of due diligence, announces leading tutoring firm
After repeatedly expressing concerns that corners were being cut and families put at risk, Tutors International continues to be contacted by distressed parents, following placements made by other tuition companies. Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International – called the “Dom Perignon” of tutoring companies by The Good Schools Guide – made the statement [1] this week after being contacted by...
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Friday, August 19th, 2016
Tutors International remains the ‘Dom Perignon’ of tutoring companies, according to updated review from The Good Schools Guide
A newly-updated review of the leading private tutoring firm, published this month by the educational review site, confirms that Tutors International clients and tutors couldn’t be happier. The review [1], which came as the result of surveys and interviews conducted with 6 clients, 18 tutors, and Adam Caller, who founded Tutors International in 1999, praised the firm for its professionalism,...
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Monday, August 15th, 2016
Tutors International announces 2016 as its busiest year yet as demand for private tutoring doubles
In January, the leading global private tutoring firm this week announced a record number of successful placements in 2015, but demand has since risen by a further 200%, with further growth predicted before the end of the year. Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, predicted in January that 2016 would be the year of the private tutor. The firm has...
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Friday, July 1st, 2016
Tutors International launches search for private after-school tutor for family in Milan, Italy
The leading private tutoring firm posted the new vacancy this week, on behalf of a very private family in Milan seeking a British or American tutor to provide after-school support for two children. The family’s two children attend an American-curriculum school in Milan, and their parents wish to employ an exceptional private tutor for after-school support: helping the students to...
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
Founder of leading private tutoring firm echoes new scientific findings in favour of one-to-one mentoring for students.
Adam Caller, independent education consultant and founder of Tutors International, issued a statement this week after new research concluded that one-to-one academic mentoring is the key to fixing education. Amid rising concerns in the US over educational performance, the study, published in April by Harvard economist, Roland Fryer [1], found contrary to previous research, concluding that smaller class sizes and...
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