10 minute read One thing is for sure: we didn’t grow up with screens. So we salute you dear parents, guardians of the future and the keepers of inspiration. Our education tips for parents contain advice based on research and […]
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November 29, 2018
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How To Homeschool Your Children Like Finland Does
How To Homeschool Your Children Like Finland Does—By Sir Ken Robinson When I moved to the United States, I was told various things like, “Americans don’t get irony.” Have you come across this idea? It’s not true. I’ve traveled the […]
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August 27, 2018
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Beat Common Core: What to Do if Your Child’s Homework Looks Incomprehensible
Parenting.com contributor Teri Cettina could have used the caterpillar to butterfly metaphor. She emphasized the importance of not doing your child’s homework for them in a recent blog. Cettina makes a great point. If we don’t let others struggle, they won’t build strength […]
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May 1, 2018
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Fighting The System: Good Students Vs. Academic Dishonesty
Students are blurring the lines between academic honesty and legitimate study more and more as time goes on. While the nature of cheating is still clearly defined, students can now find help online in a multitude of ways. It can […]
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April 30, 2018
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Four Reasons Why Vocational Classes Will Make AP Students Successful
Harvard president Charles Eliot expresses how difficult it is to provide an education that leaves students prepared for the workforce in his 1869 article, The New Education. On one hand, he champions trade schools. He cites their usefulness in producing […]
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March 26, 2018
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Smart SAT Strategies to Survive the Test Prep Season
If there’s one test that fuels the anxiety of millions of students around the United States, it’s the SAT. Students and parents alike invest tons of money, time, and energy into preparing for the test that will decide their fates, […]
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March 15, 2018
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Amazing Time Management Tips For Someone Who Just Can’t Get It Together
24 hours. That’s all you get in a single day. You can either waste them, get nothing done, and wonder where the time went, or you can make things easier and use your time wisely. At StudyGate, we’re no strangers […]
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March 12, 2018
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Start a Positive Conversation About School and Help Your Child Succeed!
If you’re like me, you tried to hide something from your academic career from your parents every now and then. Even as a good student, messing up on a test or a bad progress report could spark a very uncomfortable […]
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October 9, 2017
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Effective Parenting Tips: What NOT to do When Your Child Gets a Bad Grade
When your child walks into school on his or her first day of kindergarten, it’s inevitable that he or she will make plenty of mistakes on the long educational road ahead. No matter how many parenting tips you’ve received from […]
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October 9, 2017
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Helicopter Parenting: Being Overprotective can Help and Hurt Your Child
We’ve all seen that overprotective parent at least once in our lives: the one who volunteers to supervise every field trip, or whose children have never lifted a finger to do a chore. If you’ve never encountered said parent, you […]
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October 9, 2017
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Keys to Success: 2 Big Ways to Help a Digital Native Succeed in School
Back in the day when I went to school, classroom technology was limited to this: It was mobile because it was on a cart. The little fan spun around in the back. That was kinda neat. Technology in education has […]
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October 9, 2017
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Fit, Not Famous: Why Harvard may not be the Best Choice for College
Every child faces the same crushing dilemma: what college should I go to? Harvard is usually listed as among the top colleges of the USA, and anyone who loves a “best ever” list will spend time drooling over the college […]
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