S.Korea Leads Efficiency in Education
S.Korea’s top online math tutor, Woo Hyeong-cheol, makes $4 million/yr via online instruction.
S.Korea’s top online English tutor, Rose Lee, expects to make $7 million/yr via online classes.
Excerpt from Reuters:
Woo is not affiliated with any institution that is part of the official school system, but the 46-year-old math instructor is considered one of the best cram school tutors in education-obsessed South Korea, with his Web-based classes as well-known among test-taking teens as top-rated TV dramas.
“School teachers are concerned about creating moral people. We focus more on getting the students better grades in a short amount of time. That’s why we are needed and popular,” said Woo, who commands a salary higher than almost all of the top baseball players in the country’s professional league.
Woo is among a group of about a dozen instructors raking it in because they are thought to be the best at raising scores.
Reminds me of my ‘06 post ‘The Obsolete Classroom: Rethinking Education in the Information Age’
We’ve still got a long way to go before our education system is efficient, but it’s good to see strides being taken.
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