Welcome to the Aim High Tutors Blog! Jane Saeman, President and Founder of Aim High Tutors wants you to be well informed when making a decision about finding a tutor for your child(ren). Being a local company servicing South Orange County for over 5 years, Jane is knowledgeable about most things related to education, regardless of whether your child attends a private or public school or is home schooled or on an independent study program. Read more...
Should comic books have a place on the classroom shelf next to “real” children’s books? Carol L. Tilley, an expert in children’s literature and a professor of library and information science at the University of Illinois, thinks they should. She believes that comics are just as sophisticated as other forms of literature. In an [...]
As this new year gets underway, high school seniors are beginning to receive word back from the colleges to which they applied. The schools have looked at a student’s grades, extracurricular activities as well as ACT and SAT scores, but the student and his parents have additional variables to consider when investigating prospective schools. What is [...]
Help is finally on the way for families struggling to get a handle on the tuition rates and financial aid opportunities available at the various colleges to which their son or daughter is interested in applying. Starting in the fall of 2011, the federal government is requiring all U.S. colleges to include a tool called [...]
The next time you feel nervous or anxious before a test or presentation, try this simple trick: Take ten minutes to write down your feelings about it. Psychologists at the University of Chicago recently published an article in the journal Science about this easy way for anxious students to relax before a high-stakes exam. The leaders [...]
With tuition rising ever faster—the average annual cost at a private college is now close to $40,000 and is expected to rise to over $80,000 by 2025—getting financial aid is crucial for many families. Don’t automatically assume you won’t qualify. Your income or your grades may or may not make you ineligible and so do your [...]