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5 Common Mistakes Tutoring Companies Make on Facebook and How to Fix Them

By Shannon Sweetser On February 24, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Resource, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring
Is your company’s Facebook page getting the traffic you desire or the attention you believe it deserves? Before you ask yourself “What went wrong?” read the following blog post. It’s a Facebook guide for tutors and it may just help you turn your Facebook page from a lifeless desert into a hub that your fans love [...]
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Tutors Taking Over: 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 18, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
The tutoring industry continues to be a very necessary supplement to the educational world. Let’s take a look at how tutors are shaping the educational world and reaching out online to make tutoring more convenient than ever before. 1.   SATs, Tutors, & You by Eve Kelly, San Diego Reader In this week’s San Diego Reader, [...]
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Minority Rules — 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 11, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Test Preparation, Testing
This week’s “5 Education Articles to End Your Week” we touch on minority performance in AP testing, Asian American college admission challenges, and we also take a look at what we’ve learned from the Teach for America organization now that the 20th Anniversary of Teach for America is here. 1.     College Board AP [...]
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Education Review Board Moves ISEE Testing Online

By Socrato Admin On January 21, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, Test Preparation, Testing
In an effort to make the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) a bit more accessible, the Educational Review Board (ERB) is moving their series of exams to a web based platform. While the ISEE will still be available in a paper format for those who prefer the traditional paper-pencil test, the online version offers benefits [...]
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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 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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Why Tutors Should Heed Google Expert's Social Media Advice

By Shannon Sweetser On January 6, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: Technology, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Can a tweet or Facebook status affect a website’s overall ranking? What about the quality of your followers? According to Matt Cutts, head of Google’s WebSpam team, they sure can! In a recent Google Webmaster Help Video, Matt Cutts answers a question (derived from this Danny Sullivan post “What Social Signals Do Google & Bing [...]
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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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