AP vs. Honors vs. IB vs. Dual Credit: Which is right for me? Course selection is a matter of both planning and luck in many districts. What courses are students prepared for, which courses fit their schedule, and which still …
As Advanced Placement courses become more widely available to high school students, more families are looking at the exams and wondering what constitutes a passing score? However, the College Board (also maker of the SAT exam) is very careful not …
Imagine a scenario: Your child is entering high school, a brand new 9th grader. They’re coming from a smaller, familiar middle school, where they were comfortable with all the teachers, schedule, and layout of the building. But on the first …
September is just around the corner: every store already has school supplies on the shelves. But why and how is the beginning of the school year so important? Start as you mean to go on Beginning the year …
Time Management Parents and students complain to me all the time that there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done, and while that may be true, there are usually plenty of untapped resources students and families …
It is no secret that parental involvement is associated with higher student achievement outcomes. In fact, a recent report from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory[i] found that regardless of family income or background, students with involved parents are more likely to …
Most kids (and, honestly, most adults) don’t know how to study. They either assume that simply going to class and taking basic notes are enough, or that rereading the material or said notes over and over again will embed the …
Have you ever sat down to help your child with his or her math homework and then been utterly perplexed at the methods your child’s teacher requires? Have you seen funny posts on social media about ‘new math’ with seemingly …
In helping families prepare plans for their standardized test prep, I have come across a recurring dilemma: lots of sophomores want to begin preparing for their tests as early as the summer before junior year, but won’t have the …
What’s the Deal with the ACT Science Section? This is the third piece in our series of ACT posts, this time focusing on the Science section. To those that grew up with the SAT, the ACT Science section …