A friend of mine was visiting his hometown over winter break. While he went to a nice private school, he also grew up in a pretty bad part of town, just about everyone else in his area went to these completely sub-par public schools. He tells me there are many problems (political and financial) with the teachers, and few kids are getting the instruction they need to pursue a higher standard of living than they were born into. The college we both go to has many low-income schools nearby and has put a lot of money into improving them, started some lab schools, and has many programs for students to volunteer at those schools. But like many other towns, there is no rich university nearby to help out with the schools in my friend's area. So when we got back from break, he asked me how feasible it would be to build a site very similar to crowdtutor, where the tutors are volunteering college students and the students are 6-12th graders who are dissatisfied with the education they are receiving. I think it would be awesome if whoever did build this (or something similar) offered options for tutors to teach free classes iff the students for their classes are lower-income students from schools that aren't meeting their needs. If it catches on, it could be great publicity too.