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Transform Your Tutoring Blog from a Wall Flower into a Socialite

By Shannon Sweetser On January 20, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, General, Teaching & Tutoring
When bloggers first start out, they agonize about their lack of comments, lack of blog traffic, and sometimes even the lack of support from family & friends. You might wonder at first, “If my family is not reading my blog, who will?” You need to amass a unique and personal following for your blog, but [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Higher Education Studies, Tech Boot Camp and Chinese Education Systems

By Shannon Sweetser On January 18, 2011 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
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Hope you”re ready for some interesting reading after your long weekend! This week in 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week, I focus in on some new studies that came out this past week including one which determined, most unfortunately, that 36% of U.S. College Graduates don”t acquire any additional critical thinking or writing skills after 4 [...]
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5 Simple WordPress Blog Tools Every Tutor Should Add Today

By Shannon Sweetser On January 13, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring
So, you’re a tutor with a blog! Fantastic. Creating blog content is a fantastic way to get in touch with your feelings about your career, attract new traffic to your blog and also attract new followers on social media sites. A study by a marketing software company HubSpot, found that small businesses that blog get [...]
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Harvard and Georgetown Drop an SAT Test from their 3-Test Requirement

By Shannon Sweetser On January 12, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
According to the New York Times, prestigious universities Georgetown, Harvard, and Princeton all have something in common. In the past year they’ve all dropped a test from their three-test admissions requirement. That means that, according to the National Association for College Admission Counsel, no American college currently requires more than 2 standardized tests to gain [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start the Week: Should Test Prep Start at Age 4?

By Shannon Sweetser On January 10, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Socrato: System, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
We’re on the cusp of a transformational time in education. As we start the new year, education experts are delving into how many organizations, parents, tutors, teachers and businesses are coping with challenges within the educational world. In some cases, parents are starting test prep as early as age 4 in order to get them [...]
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Tutors and Teachers: Are Classrooms Ready for the iPad?

By Shannon Sweetser On January 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
It’s not even a year later and the revolutionary new tablet from Apple, the iPad, is already shaking up classrooms across the country. On one side of the argument you have iPad supports (students, parents, teachers) who believe the iPad has the power to “change the way business is done in the classroom,” and on [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: The Cost of Education Wars

By Shannon Sweetser On January 3, 2011 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
We can only hope that this new decade holds some solutions to the many educational challenges we have faced. The financial burdens facing the nation have left many classrooms striped of all extraneous resources. Many teachers are having to do so much more with so much less. In this week’s top education articles to start your week, [...]
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11 Must-Read Education Blogs for 2011

By Shannon Sweetser On December 29, 2010 · 9 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
First off, congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the 2010 Edublog awards! I think it’s truly amazing that so many educators are using blogging as a way to supplement their teaching careers. It’s a valuable form of expression and one that requires patience on behalf of the writer. I know how tough it [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Americans Failing Army Entrance Exam

By Shannon Sweetser On December 27, 2010 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing
We at Socrato hope that you”re throughly enjoying the last week of 2010. A snowstorm has crippled much of the Northeast, so I hope that wherever you are, it”s nice and warm. Though last week was a notoriously slow news week, I was able to find a few interesting blogs and articles on a variety [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Is College for Everyone?

By Shannon Sweetser On December 20, 2010 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News
College Maybe Isn’t For Everyone by Jennifer Rubin, Right Turn Blog When we’re younger, we’re told that getting a college education would be our ticket into the job world. However, some people believe that higher education implies a future that many don’t actually obtain; according to statistics provided in the article by Jennifer Rubin, many [...]
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