Raising Your Grades With The 80/20 Rule

It’s that time of year already.  You have looked at your first semester grades and frankly, they need some help. The good news is you are not out of luck.  Here is a strategy that can help you raise your grades without wasting your energy. Focus Your Energy This...

BrainFuel: What to Eat Before The Exam

Often eating before exams is the last thing you’re thinking as you prepare to sit for them. You’ve done your studying. Your reading. Your writing. Your study guide is perfect, and you know your flashcards backward and forward. You had an early dinner, went to bed...

Eye Exams Can Prevent Learning Disabilities

Did you know eye exams can prevent learning disabilities? As a reading specialist and learning expert, as well as a parent whose child had vision therapy to alleviate reading problems, it is important to take your child for their first eye exam before 12 months of...

Best Ways To Eliminate Test Taking Jitters Part 2

This is part 2 of the Best Ways To Eliminate Test Taking Jitters from author Pat Wyman. 1, Get all the materials needed. Use study groups if your child likes them, Mozart Music Study Tapes and Picture Perfect Summaries of material they are learning. 2.  Layer the...

19 Best Test Taking Tips For Higher Grades

Veteran teacher and our expert Jim Sarris has written 155 best test-taking tips taken from his book 155 Proven Test-Taking Tips. This article is an excerpt of 19 of the best test-taking tips for higher grades from Mr. Sarris’ book, reprinted with permission. We have...