Earlier this month, NPR covered the phenomenon of "summer slide" - i.e., the loss of skills that students experience over the summer. The full transcript of the program can be found here: Keeping Kids Intellectually Engaged During the Summer An important highlight from the program: ...what … [Read more...]
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Summer Tips: Encouraging Summer Reading
According to a 2007 research report released by the National Endowment for the Arts, nearly half of all teens report that they have not read a book for pleasure in the previous year - not one. Less than one-third of all thirteen year old respondents report reading daily, and that number declines as … [Read more...]
Changes to Advanced Placement (AP) Tests Imminent
If you are currently taking an AP course (or if your child is enrolled in an AP course), take note: Starting with the 2011 testing session, there will be no points deducted for incorrect answers. Here is a blurb from the New York Times discussing the change: Leave No Bubble Blank IF you don’t … [Read more...]
Ideas to Build Your Vocabulary for the SAT
If sentence completions are the bane (*) of your test-taking existence, be assured: you are not alone. In my four years of experience teaching with C2 Education, I have encountered many students just like you – and most of the time, what these students lacked was a good vocabulary foundation. How … [Read more...]
