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SAT – Everything You Need To Know

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We are asked all the time the question, “Which standardized test will my student have more success, the SAT or ACT?” Today we will look at everything you need to know about the SAT.

3 academic areas: Critical Reading, Math and Writing
10 alternating sections
Required essay writing
170 total questions
Penalized ¼ point off for wrong answers
Total test time of 3 hours and 45 minutes
Offered 7 times a year

Tomorrow we will show you everything you need to know about the ACT so you can decide which test is best.

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #2: How To Study

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #2: How To Study

There are some students that want to do well on tests, but do not know the actual process of how to study. Learning study skills will allow your student to be able to demonstrate their understanding on tests and raise their grades.

Report Cards

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Report cards can be stressful for many students. If your child’s first term report card does not have the grades you would have hoped for, it does not pay to panic and add to the stress. Some children and their parents outrageously consider a bad report card a death sentence. This is simply not true. A report card can be used as a tool to help a parent have a clearer vision of what strengths and weaknesses their child has. Then once a weakness is on the radar, a parent can begin to address the problem.

There are many factors that go into the grades your child received on the most recent report card. Over the next several days we will take a closer look at first term report cards and what you can do to help your student improve future report cards.

Critical Thinking – Important Life Skill

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We often hear about how critical thinking is an important life skill and how it is now becoming the focus of math and English in school. There are many tricks parents can do to build students critical thinking skills. These methods will prepare your student for the new Common Core Standards. Over the next several posts, we will take a closer look at some easy ways to help children involve critical thinking daily.

Boston Parent’s Paper – Best Tutoring

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home is honored to have recently been awarded:

BEST OF THE BEST FAMILY FAVORITE 2014 – Top 5 Tutoring or Educational Support Program as voted by the readers of Boston Parent’s Paper.

We thank everyone in the Y3K Tutor In Your Home family for voting for us. We sincerely appreciate your support!

Bicycle Theft At School

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Unfortunately some students that ride their bikes to school have had them stolen. Many towns have found the statistics to this growing problem staggering. In fact in the town of Brookline MA, police have reported that between 60 and 80 bicycles are stolen there each year!

Come back tomorrow for ways your kids can protect their bicycles from being taken by criminals.

Devotion School Tutoring

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home donated tutoring and test prep to the Edward Devotion School’s Annual Spring Carneivale Auction. Make sure you bid to help the children of Brookline, MA.

Our auction donation and your generosity will help raise a tremendous amount of revenue for the school’s needs. The money raised will directly benefit all the students through funding major projects. As the largest public K-8 school in Brookline with approximately 850 students of varied economic backgrounds, their needs are great. Thanks to donors like us and bidders like you, the proceeds will go directly toward the continued roll out of SMART Board and iPad Technology for the classrooms and continued enrichment support for music, academic and sports programs. Given the difficult economic times that we all face wit funding cuts to our public schools, all of our support will be appreciated.

Lawrence School Brookline Tutoring

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The Lawrence School in Brookline MA is again running their silent auction. Bid kindly on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep auction donation. The money the PTO raises will go directly towards helping the children of Brookline.

Best Diversity School Systems: Brookline & Newton

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“Diversity” according to the Dreamschool Finder online tool examines the racial mix of the students. Brookline High School ranked #3 and Newton South High School ranked #10.

Who was the single Y3K Tutor In Your Home town to be listed in their top ten list for “Math Growth”? Tomorrow we will tell you the surprising answer.

Best College Readiness School Systems: Wellesley, Dover, Newton, Brookline & Needham

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“College Readiness” looks at SAT writing scores and Advanced Placement scores. The Dreamschool Finder online tool listed Wellesley High School ranked #1, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School ranked #4, Newton South High School ranked #5, Brookline High School ranked #7 and Needham High School ranked #10.

Do you think you know single Y3K Tutor In Your Home town to show up in their top ten for “School Resources”? Tomorrow we will surprise you with the answer.

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