Apps to Help You Prepare for the SAT Teaching Staff

Apps to Help You Prepare for the SAT

With today’s technological innovations SAT prep and studying doesn’t have to be limited to the classroom or study sessions. While you are surely devoting a good amount of time to traditional studying, it may help to try out a new study method and change your surroundings a little. With a plethora of apps available for…

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Understanding and Supporting the Common Core 150 150 Kristen

Understanding and Supporting the Common Core

Schools in the United States come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and because of this it becomes hard to hard to compare students from one school against students in another to make sure everyone is on track and learning the correct skills. The Common Core standards were created to help address this issue.…

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Copyright Law on Campus 150 150 Callie

Copyright Law on Campus

Before your teenager heads off to college, it’s a good idea to have a discussion with him about copyright law. In high school, your child undoubtedly learned about plagiarism, which is an academic crime of pretending to be the creator of someone else’s work. The punishment for plagiarism is generally determined by schools, but can…

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Important Study Habits for High Schoolers 150 150 Kristen

Important Study Habits for High Schoolers

High school can be a busy and stressful time in a young person’s life. With classes, homework, extracurriculars, preparing for important tests like the SAT, searching for and visiting colleges and more, high school can be overwhelming for students. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Establishing good study, time management and organizational skills…

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Choosing between the SAT and the ACT Teaching Staff

Choosing between the SAT and the ACT

With the end of your high school career nearly in sight, you may have your college choices narrowed down to a few or you may even have an idea of the degree you’d like to pursue, but there may still be one question on your mind – should you take the SAT or the ACT?…

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The Importance of Family Meals 150 150 Callie

The Importance of Family Meals

Remember those old television shows where Mom cooks a big dinner and the whole family sits down together to eat at the table? Now let’s think about reality, where you have to balance busy schedules, practices, work, demanding homework assignments, extracurricular activities, and so much more. It’s hard to find a moment to breathe, let…

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Studies on Technology in the Classroom 150 150 Suzanne

Studies on Technology in the Classroom

Recently, an interesting study on technology use in the classroom was released by the National Association for Educational Progress (NAEP) and Center for American Progress to provide an overview of how technology is being used to help learning. The NAEP is a part of the federal Department of Education and their National Center for Education…

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How it Works: Ability Grouping 150 150 Suzanne

How it Works: Ability Grouping

Tracking, or grouping students by ability, is one of the single most controversial topics in education. It is a practice that impacts students, teachers, administrators, and of course, families as they seek the best possible education for their child. Whether a child is grouped with students with similar abilities, greater abilities, or lesser abilities will…

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A Parent’s Guide to Dysgraphia 150 150 Callie

A Parent’s Guide to Dysgraphia

You bring home a new coloring book and crayons for your young child and she seems uninterested or even upset. You ask your child to jot down a quick note for you and halfway through, he freezes up and refuses to finish. You notice your teenager has managed to scribble some class notes on paper…

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Controlling Your Child’s Technology Obsession 150 150 Kristen

Controlling Your Child’s Technology Obsession

As technological advances seem to be making leaps and bounds every day and new devices become integrated into our lives more regularly it’s easy to feel as though we may be too plugged in. It may also seem as though our children are infatuated with – perhaps even addicted to – these technological wonders. While…

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Utilizing Your Public Library 150 150 Kristen

Utilizing Your Public Library

When it comes to your child’s education, you want to make sure you are finding and using every resource that may be helpful. Though your child’s school is likely equipped with a well-stocked library, it may only be available during school hours and is often not somewhere you can go with your child. Utilizing your…

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Preventing Summer Brain Drain 150 150 Suzanne

Preventing Summer Brain Drain

Summer is upon us, plans to prevent summer brain drain are going into high gear, and the good news is that we never stop learning so brain drain may be less of a reality than we think. Obviously, classroom and non-classroom learning is not the same thing and when class is out, what children (and…

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Helping Kids Learn Math 150 150 Suzanne

Helping Kids Learn Math

Learning math, and remembering it, is not the easiest thing in the world. It can be difficult for young children to learn math and difficult for adults to remember how to perform certain math functions. In American education, the emphasis on math is strong and the comparison to higher performing nations in math education is…

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How to Prepare the Morning of the SAT Teaching Staff

How to Prepare the Morning of the SAT

You’ve spent months preparing for this – the SAT. You’ve studied hard, quizzed yourself and taken practice exams and you finally feel prepared. In order to gain the most from your hard work, you’ll want to make sure to stay on track, focused and prepared when the actual test day comes. Before your test day…

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How is the PSAT Used? Teaching Staff

How is the PSAT Used?

The PSAT is more than just a preliminary version of the SAT. Administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the PSAT is also the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT). Your child’s PSAT scores are used for determining eligibility for the National Merit Scholarship Program. This means by doing well on the…

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How to Make Your Child’s Summer Vacation Fun and Educational 150 150 Callie

How to Make Your Child’s Summer Vacation Fun and Educational

After the final school bell has rung and the sun has come out to stay it’s easy to spend the entire summer vegging out by the pool. However, just because school takes a break each year doesn’t mean your child needs to take a break from learning. Taking some time during summer vacation to enjoy…

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Homegrown Learning Initiatives 150 150 Suzanne

Homegrown Learning Initiatives

Different districts, different learning initiatives. Schools adopt or create many different programs to enrich areas of learning such as literacy, math, science and often they are locally developed programs built out through some sort of grant funding. Some of these programs really hit home in terms of being engaging and also engaging children in serious…

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Exploring Art Museums with Your Child 150 150 Callie

Exploring Art Museums with Your Child

Taking your child to an art museum is a great learning activity because it promotes awareness of the world and can be the first step in a lifelong interest in art. Art museums can inspire your child’s creativity and help him grow his appreciation for works of art. That said, the idea of taking your…

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Tips for Mental Fitness 150 150 Suzanne

Tips for Mental Fitness

Mental fitness is given its due attention in programs designed to fulfill health and wellness goals; certainly the benefits of physical fitness and mental fitness go hand-in-hand, but there are also some tricks to apply to the mind and its mental fitness which can also boost overall wellness. Without going to the gym! One of…

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Looking for a Reading Tutor 150 150 Callie

Looking for a Reading Tutor

Reading is an essential skill that can open up both new worlds and new opportunities for your child. But if your child is struggling with reading, opening a book can seem more like a punishment than an enriching activity. Luckily, difficulty with reading is not a life sentence. With help from a good reading tutor,…

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