Buffalo Grove Kumom Center

0 star if possible. My son kept getting the same error, they didn’t seemed to care. Stuck in the same level forever. When my son asked the tutor for help, the answer is to check the answer book. My daughter’a work was graded wrong a few times. When my daughter did not turn in work for over a month because she didn’t know how to do, no one at kumon noticed it nor notified the parents. Their goal seemed like just to get more students, and not the quality of teaching.

Had my kid attend this for about a year before I got fed up. The teachers are usually swamped with multiple kids so cannot give individually attention. Many a times the tutor was a high-​school student (likely a good one to be working here), however still swamped. Primary emphasis is on getting kids to do the Kumon home-​work and the onus is on parents to get this done.
Waiting room is pathetic crammed with parents. Clientele is mostly south-​asian kids with occasional oriental and rare Caucasian. For some folks this may be positive for others this may be a limitation.
I checked with a few grown up kids who went (or were still going) to Kumon at different times and most of them had a fairly negative overall recollection.
It seemed that at best Kumon may expedite the learning and make the kid do problems ahead of his/​her age/​grade and give the overzealous parents a short-​term ego boost, however it doesn’t impart any skill or foundation that give its students any edge in the long run.
Finally discontinued the kid from here, purchased Kumon and Sylvan math and reading books at
for throw away prices, got a good high-​school neighbor student to teach regularly. Same content but better personalized learning for the kid.
Results are far better then what I was getting at this center.
However if I put myself in the shoes of many parents whose kids are still going to this (and other locations) I feel that Kumon provides the discipline and consistency that the parents of their life-​style may not be able to provide. However I would still struggle with the dilemma that if a parent can drive the kid to this place and wait for an hour then can’t he/​she teach the kid themselves which would be a far better learning exprience for the kid as well as let the parent learn about their kid’s strength and weaknesses, while this may be difficult at higher grades but for elementary/​middle school kids this shouldn’t be an issue.