Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:46 AM PDT

Full Committed Ministry, through its Community Outreach Program, is beginning a tutoring program Sept. 6.

Ten children will be selected for each of the four categories: K-2nd grade, 3rd-4th grades; 5th-6th grades and 7th-8th grades.

Class times and days vary, depending on the grade of the student. Fridays are set aside for extra help, absentees and special testing.

"Because our aim is to mentor the leaders of tomorrow the criteria for selection of the children will be left to the discretion of the staff," program director Tina Ratliff Boley said. "The children must be manageable, willing to learn and willing to excel.

"We prefer students whose parents take an active interest in their child's education."

There is a minimal fee for the tutoring to cover the cost of supplies and necessities, Boley said.

Space is limited and enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more information, call Boley at 750-1378.

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Tutoring company begins expansion

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Submitted photo. Pictured above are some of the tutors that work for Dallas Peer Tutors. The organization, which was co-founded by Ian Anderson, a senior at Carroll High School � is in more than 25 schools in the Metroplex.

Ian Anderson wants to change the education system in America. Instead of just talking about it, the Carroll High School senior has launched a Metroplex-wide peer tutoring service.

�I think there are so many problems with education,� Anderson said. �So many students fall through the cracks and don�t get the chances they should get. They are not connecting with the information for some reason, and I want to do my part to make sure that doesn�t happen.�

Anderson is one of the co-founders of Dallas Peer Tutors, which officially launched Monday.

The idea was born in 2006 when Vic Ramon, then a senior at Highland Park High School, started Highland Park Tutors. After speaking with Ramon, Anderson started Carroll Tutors last year. They are now taking the service to more than 25 schools across North Texas, with the possibility of additional expansion. As of now, high schools in The Colony, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Coppell, Plano, Allen and Frisco are all taking part in the program.

�We�re excited to bring peer-tutoring to more communities � it�s a truly unique and valuable addition to education,� Ramon said in a press release. �It�s just one of those things that should exist, and we just happen to be the people doing it.�

The program features peer tutors at each of the schools that are serviced. Anderson said one of the advantages of this system is that the tutors are in the same classes as the clients, meaning that they are both familiar with the teachers and the material.

�This program works,� he said. �It is students teaching students. The tutors know how to get an �A� in the class, and that is taught to the client. Once we got our feet underneath us at Carroll, we realized the potential in this business. We saw expansion potential and saw that we had something incredibly powerful.�

Anderson and Ramon spent this past summer interviewing and hiring more than 200 tutors. Tutoring is available for almost all classes, from basic classes such as geometry and Texas history, to advanced college-level classes such as calculus. Scheduling an appointment is as simple as visiting the company�s website and selecting a subject, as well as a date and time for the tutoring.

�It is very simple to book a tutor,� Anderson said. �Once a client logs on to the website and submits a session, it goes to a giant pool of tutors who decide which tutor will handle that appointment. The tutoring happens in the home of the client or another predetermined location. Sessions last about an hour, but double sessions can also be booked.�

The rates for Dallas Peer Tutors are $35 an hour for a one-on-one session, with the price going down to $30 if two or more people will receive tutoring. This is cheaper than some other tutoring companies, which can charge $50 or more per hour and require the purchase of a minimum number of hours. At Dallas Peer Tutors, there is no minimum amount of hours that must be purchased.

�It is not a package deal where you have to buy a certain amount of hours,� Anderson said. �We are also not selling you our curriculum; we are just going over what they are teaching you in school.�

When it comes to changing education in America, this is just the first step for Anderson. After graduation from Carroll, Anderson said he hopes to have a career as an education reform lobbyist.

�I want to make education something that works for everyone, not just some people,� he said. �It seems that each school almost operates as a business, and I don�t think that should happen. A school shouldn�t be so much like a business that students slip through the cracks and no one notices.�

For information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.dallaspeertutors.com.

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Passed resolution encourages tutoring options

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 09:17 PM PDT

Student Senate passed a resolution Tuesday afternoon that encourages the university to increase academic tutoring options on campus for specific areas, as well as for junior- and senior-level classes.

"What I want done about it is to make sure that the individual colleges and schools of SMU make an effort to review whether this is sufficient academic resources on campus and for the A-LEC to identify where there could be more tutoring&-especially junior-, senior-level classes," bill author and Senate Parliamentarian Joseph Esau said.

Esau reminded Senate that passing the bill does not mean it would automatically go into effect.

"This is just a stepping stone, a statement from the student body saying 'We would like to have more opportunities for tutoring. We would like to have more tutoring on campus because there's a problem,'" Esau said.

The bill also encourages students to provide academic assistance to other students.

"Hopefully we can try to get more academic support for all subjects on campus," Essau said.

Senators also passed a bill that called for first-year elections to be pushed back to the fourth Wednesday and Thursday of September.

Senate bylaws call for the student population to ratify the changes within three school weeks of the bill's passing because the bill would amend the Student Constitution. Senate officials have not worked out the ratification logistics yet.

The bill's authors say the pushback will get more freshmen involved by allowing more time for candidates to sign up. They also say it will increase voter turnout.

The bill is intended to "streamline the process," according to Senate chief of staff Alex Mace, one of the bill's authors.

"It's [moving the election] kind of a small thing," he said, "but it's an important thing."

The bill is also intended to lessen the amount of stress put on the Senate membership chair, who must also fill Senate vacancies and recruit general committee members at the start of the academic year.

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Ian Anderson wants to change the education system in America. Instead of just talking about it, the Carroll High School senior has launched a Metroplex-wide peer tutoring service.

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