Homework help: Skip the in-person tutor with online courses, which we rate

By Jennifer Jolly (USA Today).  All jokes about “new math” aside — have you tried to help your kids with their homework lately? A growing number of online, on-demand tutoring services might just be your saving grace. The K–12 online tutoring market will grow to nearly $121 billion by 2021 from around $64 billion in […]

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Understanding Advertising on Facebook

Facebook is one of the largest and most accessed networks on the internet. The number of users on Facebook have increased to 1.32 billion daily active users on average in June 2017, against all predictions. Facebook is into messaging and social with Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp, into Virtual Reality with Oculus, targeting corporates with a […]

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What’s Behind the Plateau in Test Scores?

By Robert Rothmans (Edweek). The results of the third year of testing aligned to the Common Core State Standards are out, and many educators are scratching their heads. Unlike in the past two years, when scores rose, this year’s results are about the same as last year. In California, 49 percent of students met standards […]

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Parent “Bragging Rights” and Asian Test-Prep Centers

For many Asian-American students, failure is not an option. Having given up their lives in their home countries, many Asian parents have moved to the US in pursuit of better opportunities for their children. But, with this comes high expectations for academic success in order to make the move worth it. This has led to […]

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