by Beth Holmes | Aug 1, 2022 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
First Lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will spend some of this week visiting summer learning programs on their education tour. The American Rescue Plan, which applied $1.9 trillion to various pandemic-related problems across the country, includes...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2015 | News
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that personalized, one-on-one tutoring not only helps students develop their math skills, but for children with high anxiety about doing math, it can actually help them reduce that anxiety. The...
by Sarah Green | Oct 14, 2014 | Parent Issues
Tutoring centers and private tutors are both options to help struggling students or those seeking extra attention. But which is better? The debate has gone on for years, and at the end of the day it comes down to what is best for each individual student. Here we will...
by Sarah Green | Feb 5, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Just a few years ago, Salman Khan led a very different life. He was an MIT graduate working as a hedge fund manager. But today, he’s known as the brilliant founder of Khan Academy, an electronic math tutoring program that has 10 million users and more than 5,000...
by Supporting Education | Jun 21, 2013 | News
Nobody undervalues the importance of going to school. It’s where we learn the fundamentals of math, science, reading and writing. But what if you couldn’t go to school since you were really sick and in the hospital? Missing a substantial amount of classroom...