by Sarah Green | Jul 17, 2015 | Student Issues
When you are filling out an application for college, one of the documents that you will have to inevitably write is a personal statement. Personal statements are tricky to write: they are intimately personal and about yourself, which can be kind of jarring, because...
by Sarah Green | Jul 7, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
It’s easy to feel helpless when you find out that your child is being bullied at school. You probably remember a bully or two yourself, and the way no one else seemed to be there to help you out of that situation. But you can do better than that, and you can...
by Sarah Green | Jun 25, 2015 | News, Student Issues
A recent study from Université de Luxembourg in Switzerland reinforces the concern that boys are falling behind in school, but it also helps to explain some of the reasoning. For some time now, boys in the 13-15 year range have been outperformed by their female peers,...
by Sarah Green | Jun 23, 2015 | News, Student Issues
Looking for educational apps for your kids? A new study by the Association for Psychological Science can help. Since the iPad came out only five years ago, more than 80,000 “educational” apps have been developed, but they aren’t all created equally. Many aren’t even...
by Sarah Green | Jun 22, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
When teachers are asked what they wish parents would do to jump-start their young children before entering school, they almost universally have one answer: Get your kid reading. Now, we live in an era when ‘school’ commonly starts with early-admission...
