Help Your Child Succeed
Since 1998, we've helped thousands of students in the Washington DC Metro Area build the foundation for lifelong learning success. Our experts provide in-home instruction for students in grades K-12 and college in:
- Reading
- Writing
- Math
- Foreign Languages
- Science
- History
- Test Prep (SSAT, PSAT, SAT, ACT)
- At-Home Tutors
Get Organized and Achieve
Our trademarked program in elementary tutoring was designed to help students of all ages improve in three areas essential for school success - organization, time management, and study skills. Our trained educational coaches come to your home to help the student:
- Manage daily homework efficiently.
- Plan long-term projects.
- Organize materials and time.
- Learn memory techniques, note-taking, and active reading strategies.
- Educational Coaching Process
What You Need To Know
- In-Home Tutoring. Our tutors are available seven days a week to provide customized instruction in your own home, no matter where you live in the Washington DC area. We come to you!
- Tutor Quality. Our tutors have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and 75 percent have a Master's degree; 85 percent of our tutors are teachers or former teachers.
- Ideal Match. Our Education Directors take the time to match your child with just the right coach based on personality, gender, and experience.
- Why Choose Us?
Learn about our in-home tutoring
Educational Connections Blog
If Our Kids Are More Distracted Than Ever, How Can We As Parents Help?
More than half of American students consistently do homework using some sort of technology such as a laptop or smartphone. Sometimes they are using these tools to complete their work, but often times, these gadgets are merely a distraction and cause homework to take even longer. In my last blog, I mentioned the myth of multi-ta…
Brain Change: Why Our Kids Are More Inattentive Than Ever (View this video!)
Today, I appeared on News Channel 8's Let's Talk Live discussing how technology is impacting this generation of students. Scientists are just beginning to study brain changes by looking at MRIs to determine if constant texting, facebooking, tweeting (you name it!) is changing brains. Don't panic; the news is mostly good. Take a look at this…
iGeneration Learning: What’s Going on In Our Kids’ Brains?
I was lucky enough to attend two of Dr. Rosen's sessions at the Learning and the Brain Conference this weekend. In addition to presenting his own research, he also summarized other recent studies. Here are the questions, answers, and other tidbits I found interesting: Why are “screens” so appealing to humans? A…
iGeneration Learning: How Technology Rewires Brains and Teaching Strategies
For the last three days, I've been attending the Learning and the Brain Conference sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Almost one thousand individuals in education-related fields from all over the country have come to Crystal City to learn about the latest brain research from the world's leading neuroscientists and psychol…
Can Skype Help with Studying?
Just the other day, my fourteen year old son, Will, announced that he was going to Skype (is this word now a verb?) with his friend Kelly in order to study for an upcoming test. I was instantly skeptical. After all, it’s unlikely that any real studying can involve social media…right? I was wrong. That evening I decided to walk ever so…
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The summer is a great time to give your child a boost for the next school year! We offer one-on-one tutoring for math, reading, writing, and study skills. Call today to book your summer sessions. Read more…
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