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Standardized Tests:
Two Proven Ways to Raise Test Scores

April 6, 2025

Research consistently confirms there are two critical ways to raise test scores on standardized tests: Build “cognitive flexibility” with metacognitive strategies.1 If students don’t have problem-solving strategies for learning content, well… they won’t learn it! Obviously. Teach the curriculum, not “to the test.” Teaching “to the test” –also known as “item teaching”– actually lowers test scores; it…

Teaching Students with Autism: Science that Empowers What Your Heart Already Knows

April 3, 2025

Teaching Students with Autism There’s a very good chance you could teach me a lot about teaching students with autism. You’re in the trenches, working with students every day, So, I’m NOT here to tell you what you “should be doing differently.” Nor am I here to point out “where you’re dropping the ball.” I…

Study Skills Reduce High School Dropout Rates

March 30, 2025

I was a freshman in college when study skills radically changed my life. I went from struggling in K-12 to “straight As” in college. About six weeks after my first semester of college success, however, I was suddenly overcome with a deep, visceral ANGER. “Why didn’t someone teach me how to learn before!?” I was mentally…

SOAR Social-Emotional Learning Skills Parent Plus Guide

March 24, 2025

Support Your Child’s Emotional Growth—At Home
This comprehensive online support suite helps parents support their child’s learning journey with step-by-step strategies, expert insights, and practical tools.

  • Parent Plus Portal – Track student performance and use our comprehensive guide for teaching social-emotional learning skills.
  • Cue to Reading eBook – Navigate any reading challenge…quickly!
  • The ADHD Circuit eBook – Learn strategies tailored to ADHD learning patterns.
  • Homework Help for Parents (eBook & Audio Program) – Reduce homework struggles and create smoother study routines.

Pair with the SOAR Social-Emotional Learning Skills App (Home Edition) for the ultimate social-emotional learning toolkit!


Note: This does NOT include a student license. To make the most of the program, it is highly recommended that you also purchase a SOAR Social-Emotional Learning Skills App for your child, here.

How to Do Online Research & Verify Sources

March 23, 2025

Your students have more information available to them than ever before. The plus side is they can never say they can’t find information on a topic, or that the book was checked out from the library.  But, as you may know, it is very easy for students to find information that is unreliable. Lots of…

SOAR Learning & Soft Skills Parent Support Suite

March 18, 2025

Teach your child essential study skills with ease! This comprehensive online support suite helps parents support their child’s learning journey with step-by-step strategies, expert insights, and practical tools.

  • Parent Plus Portal – Track student performance and use our comprehensive guide for teaching study skills.
  • Cue to Reading eBook – Navigate any reading challenge…quickly!
  • The ADHD Circuit eBook – Learn strategies tailored to ADHD learning patterns.
  • Homework Help for Parents (eBook & Audio Program) – Reduce homework struggles and create smoother study routines.

Pair with the SOAR Learning & Soft Skills App (Home Edition) for the ultimate study skills toolkit!


Note: This does NOT include a student license. To make the most of the program, it is highly recommended that you also purchase a SOAR Learning and Soft Skills Student App for your child, here.

The Motivation Circuit: How Motivation Works

March 16, 2025

The Motivation Circuit Video Transcription “Motivation” is the term we use to describe a power surge from the emotional region of the brain. When the emotional region of your brain is happy, comfortable, and engaged, it makes a lot of brain chemicals. This provides a hefty power boost the rest of the brain, making learning…

The Challenges of “D-I-Y” Study Skills Programs

March 9, 2025

Trying to Piece Your Own Study Skills Program Together? I’ve been talking to a LOT of educators in the past few months. That’s normal for this time of year. However, something is different this year. I’m hearing something I’ve heard a lot over the past 20 years, but more “once in a while.” This year,…

How to Use a Planner… with Dysgraphia

March 1, 2025

I was recently asked by a tutor using SOAR, how to help a student who has dysgraphia use a planner. (Dysgraphia is an extreme difficulty with writing.) It’s such an important question, I wanted to share my response with you. Q: Do you have any suggestions for my student who has dysgraphia and has difficulty writing in…

Moving Forward After SOAR

February 23, 2025

One of the most commonly asked questions we get from the teachers who use SOAR is, “What’s next?!”  “Is there a SOAR 2.0?” “Is there more content to teach SOAR for a second year?” “Is there extra content, deeper content, advanced content for SOAR?” “I taught my 7th graders SOAR last year, what do I…

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