The nonprofit arm of the Columbus Education Association in Ohio is competing with more than 270 other companies to offer tutoring this year through Supplemental Educational Services, a federal program under No Child Left Behind. Students at schools that have missed federal math and reading goals for at least two straight years are eligible. The CEA Foundation will hire the teachers and oversee the curriculum and funds. About 13,000 students at 42 Columbus schools are eligible for free tutoring.

Foundation tutors will work in the schools where they teach. Like outside vendors, the union will pay a fee to use the buildings. Tutors can earn $30 an hour and do what they do best: teach. Who better to help students as tutors than teachers?

                                                                                                                --John Rosales
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