Have you ever hired a tutor for your child?

Sylvan is a fantastic program and children who get to use it often do come through with excellant results. But as you said it is quite expensive. We have here in middle TN a homeowrk hotline,its a free service and what they do is hook you up to student teachers who need the tutoring experience for college grades and credits. I used a few for my middle son when he was having problems I loved it. You might want to see in your community what kind of programs are available and check out the colleges near you. Its worth the look inexpensive and just as good as a program such as Sylvan.