Creative Tutors of Allen-Lovejoy
Policymakers across the country are quick to blame insufficient funding for education as the primary cause of low student achievement. Polling data from 2004-2007 make it clear that American adults are making the same assumption. Yet, recent studies show that increasing education spending is not having an impact on improving students' academic achievement.
Cherrie Leggett Kilby graduated from Southwestern University with a BS in Education and has taught in elementary and middle school for over twenty years in the U.S., Taiwan, and Japan. In addition she has taught English as a Second Language in China. Cherrie pursued a Master's degree in Education with reading as her area of specialty. She continues to teach special needs students at the elementary level and also teaches reading at the local community college. Cherrie was a tutor for Creative Tutors when it was first founded and loved working with the families she met. She wanted to continue to make a difference and started working as an area manager in 2005.
"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." | Francis of Assisi