The Tutor Wars, Rosa Parks Remembered, and Eradicating Loutish Behavior

Teacher Magazine ’s take on education news from around the Web, Oct. 21-27.

Among the cottage industries that have sprung up in NCLB’s wake is on-site tutoring, which, according to the law, must be made available free of charge to students in low-income schools failing to make adequate yearly progress. You can imagine companies tripping over themselves—and the money districts pay for their services. But there is no precise way to determine whether tutoring services are working , or even operating ethically. As the number of kids needing tutors exceeds 300,000, some of the questions being asked include: Should tutors have access to school buildings? Should they be allowed to use school textbooks, or back out of a deal if not...