Math tutoring industry gets a boost as Ontario schools’ test scores slump
More and more parents who can afford it are turning to after-school programs to help their children get ahead in math. Four years ago, Arsheen Abbas signed her son up for private after-school math lessons because she felt the Grade 4 subject curriculum was not rigorous enough. The Oakville, Ont., mother enrolled her son in Spirit of Math — one of several private tutoring companies operating in Ontario — in hopes of bolstering his learning at an early stage. “They are not teac