Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A tutor is a private instructor to teach a specific educational subject or skill to an individual student. Such one-on-one attention allows the tutor to improve the student's knowledge or skills far more rapidly than a classroom setting. Tutors are often privately hired and paid by the student or the student's family. They are often used for remedial students or others needing special attention. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.