Don’t let the word limit fool you. Although shortest among the written responses colleges request on their applications—typically 250 words or fewer—short answers have the potential to increase your appeal to a college. However, they can also be a challenge to write....
Education
What is grade inflation and why should you be concerned about it?
Students, parents, and colleges place a significant amount of faith in grades as the best indicator of academic performance. There are multiple factors causing grade inflation. Unfortunately, by offering misleading information about a student’s strengths and...
Making Up for Lost Learning: What Was Lost in the Pandemic and How to Get it Back This Summer
After an unprecedented and unpredictable school year that featured Zoom classes at home and socially distanced lessons at school, educators and parents are looking ahead to the summer as a chance to not only bridge learning gaps but also restore students’ social and...
Summer 2021: Preparing for College Applications Webinar
We’re going to talk about is what should parents of sophomores (current sophomores who will be juniors next year), what should they be thinking about at this time, and what should the kids be thinking about in terms of how to use their summer.
Mindprint: Understand How Your Student Learns
Mindprint is a cognitive assessment developed at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine that provides students, parents, and tutors with key insights into how each student learns in order to best help students succeed. This one hour online...
Multi-sensory Learning and Instruction
Many of us have at least one vivid memory of a lesson that captivated us. Maybe it was a field trip that made history come alive or a song that transformed a mundane math lesson into something exciting and accessible. In a recent virtual seminar, Multisensory...
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