by Cindy | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Reading Comprehension, reading skills, Test Taking
Most of us are probably past the college scandal involving rich, well-known celebrities who cheated on college testing boards to get their children in to their preferred schools. But now, it’s not just the rich who try to beat the system by leveraging their...
by Cindy | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog, College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Reading Comprehension, reading skills, Test Taking, testing
These last few weeks, my frustration with our schools has worsened. As always, I’m deeply concerned about our broken educational system. But I recently heard from several parents that a prominent, well-respected high school in Oakland County is ditching textbooks. I...
by Cindy | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog, College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Reading Comprehension, reading skills, Test Taking, testing
You know that your child’s reading skills are not on par with other students. You have been looking for a reading professional who can finally help her become independent in school, sans tutors or your help. Do any of these statements sound like you? ”I’m exhausted...
by Cindy | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Reading Comprehension, reading skills, Test Taking
Over the past 10 years, I find myself endlessly ruminating about our educational system’s inability to help students become proficient readers— and my blood boils. Our country manufactures self-driving cars, yet more than 2/3 of US high school seniors are not...
by Cindy | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Reading Comprehension, reading skills, Test Taking, testing
This past week I told a 12th grade 4.0 student that we would soon be applying our reading skills to her Advanced Placement book. Her response was the typical. “We don’t use that book in class and I already have a 4.0.” So, I retorted, “Let me get this straight. Your...
by Cindy | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, conceptualization, reading skills, RTS Success Blog
Many often think of reading very simply as the act of recognizing words and understanding sentences within paragraphs. If that is as far as we get in our understanding of the intricate process of reading, we’ll probably get by in life. But, without high-level reading...
