Boys Are Struggling. It Can Take Coaches, Tutors and Thousands a Month to Fix That.

Julie Jargon:

Teresa Lubovich says nearly every student coming to her private tutoring center to learn personal organization skills is a boy.

Starting at $500 a month, her services don’t come cheap, but she says parents are willing to pay to jump-start their middle-school-age boys, many of whom show up unmotivated and disorganized.