Y3K Tutor In Your Home

Extended Learning Time Parent Backlash

December 2, 2013 By Y3K

There has been a push by some to extend the school day. They call it ELT (Extended Learning Time). There is a growing backlash from parents that in fact find this to be a bad idea. They maintain that longer school days cut into family time, sports, theater activities and tire out kids. Those promoting this idea tend to be wealthy philanthropy organizations with big ideas about education and trying to push their ideas on middle class families who are on the receiving end. Kids need a chance to unwind and have free play. A 6-7 hour school day is more than enough time to get everything done that they should be doing. What do you think?

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: adults, analyzing, anxiety, childhood, children, controversy, crusty adults, education, elementary school, high school, kids, school system, schools, schoolwork, social skills, sports, young children

Depression

November 11, 2013 By Y3K

Depression in children and teens is a major problem that is hardly discussed. People are often too embarrassed to talk about it and sometimes in denial. If depression in children and teens is left untreated, it can lead to long-term educational issues, relationship problems, substance abuse and suicide.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: ADD, ADHD, Asperger's, Autism, children, controversy, depression, developmental delays, drinking, drugs, elementary school, health, high school, middle school, OCD, PDD, suicide, teenagers

Quality Of Life

October 31, 2013 By Y3K

The quality of your children’s lives will be determined by the quality of the people in their lives.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: achievement, children, controversy, parenting, peer pressure, popularity, positive reinforcement, social skills

Common Core State Standards Initiative Major Changes: Standardized Tests

October 10, 2013 By Y3K

The Common Core State Standards Initiative will trigger a higher level of critical thinking and deeper understanding into your child’s curriculum. There will also be a new standardized test in English and math. The Common Core benchmarks will be supported by one of two new standardized tests in the 2014-2015 school year.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: America, Boston, Brookline, Brookline Test Prep, college, controversy, curriculum, Dedham, Dover, Dover Test Prep, English, MA, Massachusetts, math, MCAS, Natick, Natick Test Prep, Needham, Needham Test Prep, Newton, Newton Test Prep, standardized tests, Sudbury, Sudbury Test Prep, Test Prep, tutoring, United States, Wayland, Wayland Test Prep, Wellesley, Weston, Weston Test Prep

31 Life Changing Blog Posts In 31 Days

September 16, 2013 By Y3K

31 LIFE CHANGING BLOG POSTS IN 31 DAYS: Starting October 1st. Topics chosen by YOU!! Now is the time to tell us what topics you would like to see. Let us know.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: advice, controversy, education, ISEE Tutor Dover, ISEE Tutor Wayland, Natick Test Prep, Needham Tutor, Newton Tutoring, Rivers School Tutoring, SPED, Sudbury Test Prep, time management, Wayland Test Prep, Wellesley Test Prep, Weston Tutor

Biology Class Dissection Anxiety

September 14, 2013 By Y3K

As students return to biology classes, many feel anxiety over being forced to dissect animals. If this is an issue for your child, we suggest the following:

1. See if your state protects your right to choose alternatives.

2. After finding out about their rights to opt-out of dissections, have your student talk with their teacher about the curriculum during the first few weeks of school. Have them ask the teacher about any planned dissection labs and if they will use animals and/or offer alternatives.

3. If they do want to opt-out, now is the best time to let teachers know that they will be choosing dissection alternatives so the teacher will have the opportunity to plan accordingly.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: advice, anxiety, biology, children, controversy, dissection, elementary school, embarrassment, high school, middle school, parenting, schoolwork, science, teacher, teenagers

Newton Public Schools Controversy

September 12, 2013 By Y3K

The City of Newton Superintendent of Schools after begging the taxpayers to raise their property taxes by $11,000,000 to pay for school projects, decided his meager $251,923 annual compensation was not enough. He has since signed a four-year contract being paid a 10% raise. Did you or anyone you know get a 10% raise?? He now receives $246,918 plus $29,748 in fringe benefits including payments into an annuity, a life insurance reimbursement and a car allowance. This brings his annual compensation up to $276,666. One has to wonder if the Newton, MA residents would have been so eager to raise their own property taxes with a Proposition 2 ½ vote at the pleading of the mayor and superintendent of schools, if they knew the same two public servants were going to raid Newton’s treasury after the vote.

Would the Newton Public Schools have been better off halting the Newton Public Schools Superintendent’s raise and spending the $25,000 on the children he was hired to serve?

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: controversy, ISEE Tutor Newton, MA, Massachusetts, Newton Test Prep, Newton Tutor, Newton Tutoring, school system, tax

More Controversy In Newton, MA

September 11, 2013 By Y3K

The City of Newton, MA is back at it again with more controversy. Recently the residents voted to raise their property taxes to pay for school improvements and town services. After the vote, the money has been flying out of the city treasury and into the pockets of the mayor and superintendent of schools.

The Mayor of Newton got an annual raise of $27,125!! His old salary of $97,876 is now $125,001. He was given a 28% raise. Did you or anyone you know get a 28% raise last year? Most are just lucky to keep their jobs. You’d be very lucky to earn a 5% raise. Now one could argue that the mayor is the most important City of Newton public servant and deserves to be highly paid. If this is true, how can one begin to explain what the superintendent of schools is pulling?

Come back tomorrow to find out where the taxpayer money for the public schools is really going.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: controversy, ISEE Tutor Newton, MA, Massachusetts, money, Newton Test Prep, Newton Tutor, Newton Tutoring, school system, tax

Success: Leave a Trail

July 27, 2013 By Y3K

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: achievement, ADD, ADHD, advice, Asperger's, Autism, children, controversy, education, elementary school, high school, IEP, inspiration, kids, middle school, OCD, parenting, PDD, special education, students, study skills, success, Test Prep, tutoring

Personal Responsibility

July 22, 2013 By Y3K

He who is shipwrecked for the second time cannot lay blame on Poseidon.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: analyzing, attitude, controversy, inspiration, responsibility

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 7
  • Next Page »
  • Home
  • Why 3K?
  • Special Education
  • Executive Function
  • ADD & ADHD
  • Regular Education
  • MCAS & Test Preparation
  • Application Essay Writing
  • Schools Students Attend
  • Our Tutors
  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Blog
  • Resources
Happy student
Good Grades in school
Happy Student
Studying kid
Young Girl Happily Studying
Dog helping a boy with his homework
Smiling Girl at the Computer
Student at Desk
Little girl reading
Boy Reading
Girl writing
Y3K Tutor boy copy
girlgraduation166249
Y3K Tutor boy smiling
Girl at school
boywriting166215
Y3K Tutor yellow (2)
Girl doing homework
Student working
Girl Reading and Smiling to Herself
Student taking notes in class
Schoolgirl
girlthinking166140

(781) 492-8700

Tag Cloud

4th of July 504 Plans abduction abuse accommodations achievement ACT Math Tutor ACT Math Tutoring ADD ADHD adults advice allergies America analyzing Angier Elementary School Animal Rescue League anxiety apps Asperger's assisted technology attitude auction Autism award back to school backpacks bed bedtime behavior behaviorally challenged Bigelow Middle School biology birthday parties Boston Bowen Elementary School Bowen Elementary School Test Prep Bowen Elementary School Tutor Bowen Elementary School Tutoring brain breakfast breaks Broadmeadow Elementary School Broadmeadow Elementary School Test Prep Broadmeadow Elementary School Tutor Broadmeadow Elementary School Tutoring Brookline Brookline Test Prep Brookline Tutor Brookline Tutoring Buddy Dog Humane Society bullies bullying caffeine cars Carter Nursery School Cat Connection cats cell phones cereals Charles River School chess chewing child childhood children Christmas coffee cold college Common Core competition concussions controversy crusty adults curriculum Dana Hall School Dana Hall School Tutoring Dana Hall Test Prep Dana Hall Tutor Dedham depression developmental delays Devotion School directions disabilities discipline dissection distraction divorce dogs Dover Dover Test Prep Dover Tutor Dover Tutoring drinking drugs dyslexia education elementary school embarrassment English essays executive function exercise eyes fact failure Fay School Test Prep Fay School Tutor Fay School Tutoring Field Elementary School fighting fine motor Fiske Elementary School Fiske Elementary School Test Prep Fiske Elementary School Tutor Fiske Elementary School Tutoring flu focus folders food Franklin Elementary School Franklin Elementary School Test Prep Franklin Elementary School Tutor Franklin Elementary School Tutoring furniture germs gifted grades Halloween Hardy Elementary School Hardy Elementary School Tutor Hardy Elementary School Tutoring Haynes Elementary School head lice health high school Hillside School history homework Hunnewell Elementary School IEP illness in home infection injuries injury insomnia inspiration ISEE ISEE Tutor ISEE Tutor Brookline ISEE Tutor Dover ISEE Tutor Natick ISEE Tutor Needham ISEE Tutor Newton ISEE Tutor Sudbury ISEE Tutor Wayland ISEE Tutor Wellesley ISEE Tutor Weston ISEE Tutoring Jackson Walnut Park Schools kids Labor Day language based lawsuit lead learning Loring Elementary School lunch MA Mason-Rice Elementary School Mason-Rice Elementary School Test Prep Mason-Rice Elementary School Tutor Mason-Rice Elementary School Tutoring Massachusetts math Math Tutoring MCAS medication memory middle school mistakes money Mount Alvernia Academy Natick Natick Test Prep Natick Tutor Natick Tutoring Needham Needham High School Needham High School Test Prep Needham High School Tutor Needham High School Tutoring Needham Test Prep Needham Tutor Needham Tutoring Needham Tutors Cooperative Newton Newton Country Day School Newton Country Day School Test Prep Newton Country Day School Tutor Newton Country Day School Tutoring Newton North High School Newton North High School Test Prep Newton North High School Tutor Newton North High School Tutoring Newton South High School Newton South High School Test Prep Newton South High School Tutor Newton South High School Tutoring Newton Test Prep Newton Tutor Newton Tutoring Nixon Elementary School Nixon Elementary School test prep Nixon Elementary School tutor Nixon Elementary School tutoring notebooks obesity OCD organization PARCC parent teacher meetings parenting PDD peer pressure pencils play Pollard Middle School Pollard Middle School Test Prep Pollard Middle School Tutor Pollard Middle School Tutoring popularity positive reinforcement problem solving problems processing psychotherapy questions Rashi School Test Prep Rashi School Tutor Rashi School Tutoring reading recess responsibility Rivers School Test Prep Rivers School Tutor Rivers School Tutoring role playing routine routines safety SAT SAT Math Tutor SAT Math Tutoring scheduling school school system schools schoolwork science scoliosis self-esteem side effects skating sledding sleep smoking social skills special education SPED sports spring SSAT SSAT Tutor SSAT Tutor Brookline SSAT Tutor Dover SSAT Tutor Natick SSAT Tutor Needham SSAT Tutor Newton SSAT Tutor Sudbury SSAT Tutor Wayland SSAT Tutor Wellesley SSAT Tutor Weston SSAT Tutoring St. Sebastian's School standardized tests STEM stress structure students study skills studying stuttering success Sudbury Sudbury Test Prep Sudbury Tutor Sudbury Tutoring sugar suicide summer Sunita Williams Elementary School supplies support systems tax teacher TEAS teenagers teeth test Test Prep testimonial tests textbooks Thanksgiving Thayer Academy Test Prep Thayer Academy Tutor Thayer Academy Tutoring tics time management Title 1 toothbrushes Tourette's syndrome trick or treating trivia tutor tutoring Tutoring Boston tutors TV Underwood Elementary School Underwood Elementary School Test Prep Underwood Elementary School Tutor Underwood Elementary School Tutoring United States unspoil vaccines victim video games Waldorf School of Lexington walking to school Waltham Ward Elementary School Ward Elementary School Tutor Ward Elementary School Tutoring Wayland Wayland Test Prep Wayland Tutor Wayland Tutoring Wellesley Wellesley Middle School Wellesley Test Prep Wellesley Tutor Wellesley Tutoring Weston Weston Test Prep Weston Tutor Weston Tutoring winter writing Yom Kippur young children
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

Y3K Tutor In Your Home © All Rights Reserved 2003-Y3K