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The Tutoring Club location in McLean was named the top revenue-producing location worldwide in the franchise network. (Tutoring Club of McLean, North Arlington, and Falls Church)
MCLEAN, VA Education is a top priority for parents in the McLean, Falls Church and Arlington area, and one way that s evident is use of services like tutoring center. In fact, one local tutoring center was the top revenue-producing location of the franchise worldwide.
The Tutoring Club of McLean, North Arlington, and Falls Church was recently honored for being the 2020 top center in the Tutoring Club s network, which includes the U.S., Philippines, and United Arab Emirates. The center is based in McLean at the Chesterbrook Shopping Center, 6228 Old Dominion Drive.
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Lee Cheng graduated from San Francisco’s Lowell High School in 1985. He counts himself one of the lucky ones. Lowell High, which was the only local public school specifically for high-performing students, had a strict racial-quota admissions policy when he applied. No racial or ethnic group could comprise more than 40 percent of the school’s student body. The rule was aimed at desegregating the district, but even as a teenager, Cheng found it unfair. It meant that Asian students had to score higher on the entrance exam than white students, who in turn had to score higher on the exam than Black and Hispanic applicants. Cheng’s friend his orchestra partner was not admitted, though if he had been of a different race he might have earned a seat. The boy’s parents were poor immigrants his father a waiter and his mother a seamstress. “He would have gotten in, but for being Chine