Dallas, TX tutors

The Texas public education system is one of the largest in the nation, but recent studies show that it may be under-performing. The Texas Public Schools Attrition Study counts the students lost from high school before graduation and found that the 2010 attrition rate was slightly better than in previous years, but still high, at 29 percent.

The Dallas area is sometimes called the North Texas "Silicon Prairie" because of the concentration of telecommunications and information technology firms that are located here. These employers require highly educated workers, and Dallas tutors can help students develop the background needed to join this skilled, high-tech workforce.

Universities, colleges and tutors in Dallas

One way to locate tutoring resources is through the plethora of local colleges. Many area colleges offer organized tutoring services for collegiate students, and a number of their students tutor younger children on the side. The largest school by enrollment is the University of Texas in Dallas, but it is only one of more than 25 institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. A broad range of majors and subjects are available, but computer and technology programs--which feed into the area's high concentration of telecommunications employers--are particularly common.