Three Essentials Keys To Finishing The Semester Strong
As the end of the 2013-2014 school-year approaches, students must keep good grades within reach to finish strong. Here are three important things to keep an eye on: (1) Avoiding burnout and spring fever (2) Taking Advantage Of Opportunities To Repair Bad Grades And Earn Extra Credit (3) Studying Effectively For Finals Instead Of Cramming [...]
How To Build Your Vocabulary For The SAT
A good vocabulary is essential to the Critical Reading portion of the SAT test. Both the sentence completion questions and the reading passages themselves are full of words many students have never seen before. So, how do you build an effective vocabulary? First, let’s start with what NOT to do. You cannot study a long [...]
New Study: 21st Century Skills Learned in School Positively Correlated with Job Success
New York, NY – A study released today suggests new relationships between skills development, job success, and school. The study, 21st Century Skills and the Workplace: A 2013 Microsoft Partners in Learning and Pearson Foundation Study, conducted by Gallup, confirms the positive connection between the development of the competencies known as 21st century skills – [...]
Where Will Your Children’s Education Take Them?
The world is getting much more competitive. College graduates are out of work in huge numbers. Having a solid education is no longer enough to insure success. The ability to think and learn independently plus powerful habits and motivation are essential too. Relying entirely on public education and taking summers off from learning to decompress [...]
The New 3 R’s
The New 3 R's OK, I’m taking a little poetic license to make a point. But in the United States, a ‘Rithmetic Revolution is Required (the new 3-R’s). We are in danger of having our entire way of life undermined by our poor performance in Science and Math Education. America, and especially California is the [...]
3 Hidden Reasons Students Struggle
When parents or students contact us for tutoring help, it is invariably because they are concerned about poor grades. Getting a student back on track and getting grades up must be the first priority. But, understanding why the student was struggling in the first place is critical to providing them with the tools to excel [...]