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School Is Back in Session: Here’s How You Can Keep Your Child On Track

The beginning of each new school year is a time for both excitement and anxiety. With many students set to return to in-person classes...

You Can Teach Your Child to Self-Advocate: Here’s How & Why It’s Important

An often-overlooked skill important for academic success is the ability of students to self-advocate.

Top Tips for Heading Back to School

Heading back to school is both an exciting and stressful time for most students and their families—“exciting” because students will get...

What Does Being Test Optional for SATs/ACTS Mean for Your Child?

Not so long ago, taking the SAT or ACT was a high school student rite of passage, up there with getting a driver’s license or attending...

Tutoring & Academic Coaching: Good for Boosting School Performance, Family Dynamics, and More!

Tutoring and academic coaching can help students learn new study skills, develop new competencies, and improve classroom performance—plus...

Creative and Fun Ways to Keep You Child Learning All Summer Long

Just because summer is here doesn’t mean your child needs to stop learning. Quite the contrary—opportunities for your student to engage...

What Learning Style Suits Your Child Best – and Why It Matters!

People prefer to communicate in different ways, ranging from verbal to non-verbal methods. Did you know we also have preferences for how...

How You Can Help Your Student Overcome Summer Brain Drain and Virtual Learning Loss With Summer Prep

Summer learning loss—or brain drain—is a challenge faced by students every year. With the attention of students focused on social...

Spark's Guide to Standardized Testing

The SATs and ACTs are a rite of passage for every high schooler. These tests are a major part of college applications, so it’s important...

Help your student improve their test scores!

Part of my work as a tutor is helping my students improve their grades by carefully analyzing their tests. I really encourage everybody...

Help your student Ace their next test!

Studying for a test can be stressful, and it's even more stressfull if you don't know what to study! If your student is anxious about an...

How to foster self-advocacy?

Simply put, self-advocacy is a person’s ability to ask for what they need and share their thoughts and feelings. It is an important...

Tip of the week: All in one place!

Is your student constantly missing assignments? Are they constantly surprised by quizzes they didn't even know were coming? We know all...

Tip of the week: Set a timer!

The idea of doing homework for three straight hours can be daunting, or even straight up terrifying! And this anxiety often causes a...