Last but not least in our series, we sat down with Yara Alemi, one of our highly-regarded high school student tutors, to tell us how best to tackle the transition back to school after break. (Read our post about Elementary Students Here or Middle School Students Here) What’s hard about January for your high schoolers? Yara: … 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
In previous posts, I’ve outlined a few trends we’re seeing with grades and testing. And all indications point to the fact that otherwise smart and hard-working kids just aren’t testing as well as they used to. Additionally, as much as we want things like Test Optional to continue to catch on so that standardized tests … Read more
It’s about this time of year when subject struggles (issues with one or two classes despite good performance elsewhere) start to really set in for kids who have fallen behind. We see this all the time with the students we work with, but I also know from personal experience! Back when I was in school, … 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