Raising your rates: what to send, and when
Most tutors undercharge because the ask feels unearned at the moment they make it. A timing rule, a four-line message, and the arithmetic of losing a student.
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Notes on running a tutoring practice, and on keeping parents in the loop without losing your evening.
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“Is my child actually improving?” — how to answer it
The question behind most parent messages, why “great session today!” does not answer it, and the four things that make progress visible.
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Short, practical pieces on keeping parents informed and running a tutoring practice.
When a lesson goes badly, send something that evening
The instinct is to say nothing and hope the next one is better. Why the bad-session message is the one that earns trust, and how to write it.
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No AI writes to parents, and it is not going to
TutorWrap uses AI to draft things for the tutor and never to write the message a parent receives. The reasoning, and where the line sits.
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The student who nods is the one to worry about
Agreement is not understanding. Four ways to find out what a student can actually do, and why “does that make sense?” is the worst question in tutoring.
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