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Simple Family Organization: Life-Saving, Multi-Purpose Organizer

November 10, 2015

Life-Saving Multi-Purpose Organizer Solves the problem of… saving my sanity while keeping my house reasonably tidy. How the Life-Saving Multi-Purpose Organizer Works I have six of these beauties in my home, mostly as a holding place for clutter: In my kitchen, as pictured in the Command Center (see photo below). Each bin is labeled for a different…

How Students Can Avoid 80% of Language Errors

November 2, 2015

What “language” skills do people really need in college and the workplace? There’s an overwhelming amount of language rules. They create tons of places for students (and even adults) to go wrong. The problem with teaching and learning language is that there is so much to cover. So, how do you teach this successfully without…

Book Review: A Mom’s Guide to Life After Divorce
(P.S. Dads, too!)

October 12, 2015

I certainly hope you don’t ever need this book. But, the reality is that nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. And the journey is very lonely. Even though thousands of people are going through the process at any given time, the experience is L-O-N-E-L-Y. The grief about the past. The worries about the…

Grading: The Most Motivating Solution…EVER!

October 6, 2015

Last week we introduced our mini-series on student motivation and engagement. I recently found a great article on grading; How one teacher saw motivation and engagement soar for her entire class with a simple shift of her grading policy. Her results were astonishing! Frankly, this is the best idea I have ever seen about grading… How I…

Motivation & Engagement: How Working with Partners Gets Better Results

August 24, 2015

We’re continuing our series on motivation and engagement.  Today, the focus is on doing “more with less.” We’ve talked about how paired collaboration works in our business.  It can also work great in the classroom! (See our article “Working in Pairs; the Most Powerful Productivity Tool Ever!”) More examples about the power of pairing are…

Is Your Focus on Career & Technical Education? (CTE)

July 20, 2015

For ten years as a CTE (Career & Technical Education) teacher, I watched my most successful and promising students struggle to transition to the workforce.  How could this be?! These students had high GPAs, high SAT/ACT scores, and won numerous awards and scholarships.  They were even recognized on stage during international competitions in their field…

Why 90% Of Students Can’t Read without Eyelighters / Subheading : About Visual Stress Syndrome or Irlen Syndrome

July 13, 2015

When I was in middle school, I began to notice problems with my reading.  I was having trouble seeing the text in my textbooks. When I looked at a page, I saw a glare of  light slithering between the text and reflecting back at me. It was distracting and painful…like seeing a camera flash in the…

Is Your Focus On Private Schools Response

June 22, 2015

Two weeks ago, we got an angry response from a subscriber after publishing our newsletter titled, “Is Your Focus on Private Schools?” In that newsletter, we described several pressures facing private school teachers. In the interest of providing clarity and remaining fully transparent, I’d like to address her concerns. Her letter is in italics. My…

Welcome, to the SOAR Detroit Kickstarter Campaign!

May 12, 2015

Countdown to Kickstarter Campaign Launch: [wpdevart_countdown text_for_day=”Days” text_for_hour=”Hours” text_for_minut=”Minutes” text_for_second=”Seconds” start_time=”1432051835″ end_time=”6,11,45″ action_end_time=”show_text” content_position=”center” top_distance=”10″ bottom_distance=”10″ countdown_type=”vertical_slide” font_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#0399cd” circle_size=”200″ circle_border=”20″ border_radius=”15″ font_size=”50″ countdown_font_famaly=”Verdana,sans-serif” animation_type=”bounce” ]We’ve Launched!!![/wpdevart_countdown] Click below to view the SOAR Detroit Campaign on Kickstarter.com:

Higher Grades in Half the Time: This Week in America With Ric Bratton

April 17, 2015

  Ric Bratton, host of This Week in America, interviewed Susan Kruger when SOAR® was just starting to grow to the thriving resource it is today. In this 17 minute long interview, Susan discusses how students can achieve higher grades in half the time. Susan has taught study skills since 1993 and authored the best selling study skills book on Amazon.…

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