Now that we have a perspective on how to interpret the grades that your child comes home with, the next question is: How should you react? If your child comes home with good grades… …it’s often a parent’s natural reaction to say things like: “Wow, that’s awesome! You’re just so smart. I always knew you were … Read more
Next up in our top tutor series: Middle Schoolers! (Read about Elementary Students Here and High School Students Here) We asked one of our top tutors, Jan Rowe to share her thoughts on working with middle schoolers as we kick off 2019. What’s so hard for middle school kids about January? Jan: January can be … Read more
There are some kids who are completely self-motivated and drive themselves to high levels of academic achievement without any pressure from their parents. But most kids aren’t like that. Self-motivated kids are the exception, not the rule, so it’s pretty safe to say that most of us will fight with at least one of our kids … Read more
We’ve talked about how the now-common retake policy for middle and high school test-takers inflates grades and could impair how well they think they know the material. Well, it turns out the effects of this grade inflation trend in high schools extend to College Freshman as well. A September 2018 study by the Thomas B. … Read more
Would you prepare for a road race just by studying a map of the course you had to run? What about getting ready for a violin recital by just looking at the sheet music? Of course not! But that’s exactly what kids are doing when they study for tests by rereading. At the root of … Read more