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Stay Safe With SAT Changes

Roger Ochoa | Posted 05.21.2013 | College
Roger Ochoa

Just when you thought you had studied enough, read all the books, done all the prep work. Just when you thought you were safe, sources from College Board announced that it would be changing its infamous SAT yet again. So, this begs the question: Is there a way to master the SAT?

10 Tips to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer

Samantha Parent Walravens | Posted 05.08.2013 | Parents
Samantha Parent Walravens

My kids are independent and have learned to do their homework on their own. But I had to step in recently to help my middle schooler with a term paper that needed a lot of help. I started with my red pen, crossing out sentences and circling misspelled words. Needless to say, it didn't go well.

How to Prep for the SAT

Chuck Cohn | Posted 05.02.2013 | College
Chuck Cohn

Whether you're cramming for one of the spring exams or looking ahead to the next set of exams in the fall, here are some tips to help you build your confidence and raise your score.

Giving Students the Gift of a Prosperous Professional Future

Keith Peden | Posted 04.23.2013 | Impact
Keith Peden

If the United States is going to produce the kind of qualified professionals that the job market demands, industry leaders must continue to donate their time to cultivating STEM passions in local student bodies.

Do We Value Student Compliance or Student Empowerment?

Catherine Gobron | Posted 03.31.2013 | Home
Catherine Gobron

As the program director, I felt beholden to his parents. I had said that he would be having math tutoring. I worried that it would reflect poorly on the program if the math wasn't happening. I was faced with a choice. Should I bribe, cajole, or threaten him into doing his math? Or not?

Shabbat Supper with Dr. King

Lynn Schusterman | Posted 03.23.2013 | Religion
Lynn Schusterman

This weekend, in honor of the more than 1,200 people from New York to Knoxville to San Francisco symbolically invited Dr. King to Shabbat dinner.

The Case for Building Mentor Capital

Brian Gallagher | Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
Brian Gallagher

Schools across the country have geared up and welcomed students for another engaging year in the classroom. The start of a new school year is always an exciting time filled with a sense of opportunity. As the leaves turn, students, teachers and parents get a fresh start.

Emotional ADD

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.19.2012 | Parents
Carol Smaldino

There is no growth without mistakes.

Major Test Prep Company Fraudulently Claimed Millions In Federal Tutoring Funds

Posted 05.02.2012 | Home

Federal prosecutors say The Princeton Review, a leading test-preparation company, fraudulently claimed "millions of dollars" of federal money for tuto...

The Global Search for Education: Racing to the Top at Four

C. M. Rubin | Posted 07.01.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

"We believe that tutoring at such a young age should be done by the parents, not with a hired tutor." -- Michael McCurdy Put down your teddy bear!...

The State Tests Are Over (Should It Be for Good?)

Cory Zacker | Posted 06.27.2012 | Home
Cory Zacker

Yes, there has to be accountability, but at what cost? Students are spending valuable classroom time doing test prep for months. It's time for this to change and everyone knows it.

National Volunteer Week Challenge: Submit Photos From All 50 States!

Posted 04.23.2012 | Impact

National Volunteer Week, April 15-21, isn't just about random acts of kindness. The movement urges you to make giving back part of your life. Volun...

The 1 Place We Should All Be Volunteering

Michael Lombardo | Posted 05.29.2012 | Impact
Michael Lombardo

At an age when they should be reading to learn, most economically-disadvantaged fourth graders are still learning to read.

Why Johnny Can't Read: Redux

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.13.2012 | Home
Steve Nelson

When it comes to school, especially reading, we have designed an entire educational system around the unsupportable and harmful assumption that all children will read at the same time.

Afterschool Program Helps Students Climb to New Heights

Peak Johnson | Posted 04.11.2012 | Home
Peak Johnson

Tree House Books, a nonprofit organization in North Philadelphia, works to "grow and sustain a community of readers, writers, and thinkers" through afterschool and enrichment programs.

Beyond Damage Control: Equipping Parents With Real Tools to Support Their Children in Mexico

Sara Vogel | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home
Sara Vogel

Parents who at one moment didn't even want to set foot in the school to watch their children give oral presentations now do what they can to support the school: They paint the building, sweep the floors, and cook for students and visitors.

How to Help Our Immigrant Students? Observe How Mexico Is Educating Its Returners

Sara Vogel | Posted 02.15.2012 | Home
Sara Vogel

Educators on both sides of the border must better coordinate efforts to share the joys and problem-solve the challenges that come with educating immigrant students.

New York Non-Profit Attracts Post50 Volunteers

Posted 11.25.2011 | Fifty

Many Post50s are following the path of reinvention, taking up encore careers, starting second acts and receiving standing ovations for seeking new ful...

Where Do Independent Learners Come From? In Mexico, Teachers Experience Them to Foster Them

Sara Vogel | Posted 01.01.2012 | Home
Sara Vogel

By the time I realized I was fostering dependency in my own classroom, it was already too late to turn the ship around. I was left with a burning question: How do we develop independent learners?

What It's Like To Raise A Slacker.. And A Perfectionist

Miriam Novogrodsky | Posted 01.01.2012 | Parents
Miriam Novogrodsky

I have a soft spot for slackers, they are individualists. But as a mother, I'm stumped. I have one slacker and one perfectionist. My slacker was born ...

Atlanta Trying To Raise $600,000 To Tutor Students Affected By Cheating Scandal

The Associated Press | Dorie Turner | Posted 12.26.2011 | Home

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis is trying to raise $600,000 to help tutor students affected by the district's wide...

LISTEN: The Tutoring Boom's 'Tutoring Industrial Complex'

Posted 12.18.2011 | Home

As students settle in to the new school year and as mid-semester grades start trickling in, students who are looking for another boost in their academ...

Tutoring Firm Sabotages Independent High School

Alex Mallory | Posted 03.12.2012 | Home
Alex Mallory

On September 28, 2011, the New York Times broke an unprecedented story about the private school world. The tutoring firm, Brattle Street Coaching, ha...

Schools Should Not Be Islands: Building Bridges in Mexico Through Academic Encounters

Sara Vogel | Posted 11.28.2011 | Home
Sara Vogel

This is not just a story of the resiliency of children and adults in distressed communities. It is a moment that demonstrates how important it is for educators -- and students and families -- to communicate and collaborate with each other to promote learning.

How to Fix a Failing School? In Mexico, Work at an Ant's Pace for Big Change

Sara Vogel | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home
Sara Vogel

Students were ready to take on the challenge, not just to teach their classmates how to find the perimeter of a given shape, but to make their school a better place to learn -- a strategy that is rarely employed in failing schools in the U.S.