Why isn't my child's test score improving? 2 reasons

Children's minds bloom in their own time. We simply provide the right conditions.

From my experience, parents are as bad at doing their homework as kids--homework in this case being the time and mental load of doing the tasks I recommend or request of them in service of meeting the goal they hired me to achieve.

Spring 2025 Writing Class Schedule

What you should know to increase your chances of getting accepted to a private school

I tell my child to read more, but they just don't do it! I hear that a lot from parents, and I understand their concern. Reading is the single best way for kids to learn about our world. First you learn to read, then you read to learn. Say what you will about traditional school and its never-ending parade of reading passages and multiple choice questions, but it's where we pick up a lot of the little tidbits that we call "common knowledge", from famous people, to animal eatin

I'm happy to announce my new tutoring referral program! It's simple: When you refer a new student to me, you get an hour lesson for free....

Spring 2025 Writing Class Schedule

Spring 2025 Writing Class Schedule

This is kind of a big deal to me... I'm pleased to announce that I now offer my own group classes! Group classes are not only...

It's been a busy spring, and here we are looking to have a busy summer too! Here is the group class schedule. All classes are online/in...

Check out my new class schedules for Hua Xia Chinese School fall 2022. All weekday classes will be online, and weekend classes will be...

English writing and test prep classes summer 2022 schedule

Learn to Like Writing Class for 5th to 7th graders starting June 6th, 2022, all online

The fall semester of 2021 was the biggest I personally have ever seen for ISEE test prep. I'm sure it's due to an uptick in parents...

Check out my new class schedules for Hua Xia Chinese School spring 2022. All classes will be taught online! You can sign up for classes...

I was having a phone conversation with a prospective client a couple of days ago about her son, for whom she was seeking SAT tutoring....

Check out my new class schedules for Hua Xia Chinese School fall 2021. All classes will be taught online! You can sign up for classes at...

How to choose the best test prep for the SAT and ACT

Did you know that students can start applying for college scholarships in 9th grade? Most people don’t start thinking about scholarships...