College Readiness Blog for Parents

Join today’s live chat with the Alleyoop Student Mentors about resume writing and building in high school.

Create a high school plan with your teen, and help your child prepare for the future as early as freshman year.

Convince your teens that high school math is actually cool with this week’s top news headlines.

Statistics and education should go hand in hand, but in the U.S. public school sector they usually don’t. Yet educational analytics might be the cure for our nation’s ailing test scores.

College prep shouldn’t start when your teen’s about to head out the door. Start preparing before high school freshman year if you want real results.

Family collaboration on students’ work is actually something about which both teachers and students complain. The most common issue is over-editing or over-involvement by parents: Help your child edit their own work rather than editing it yourself.

While efforts are being made to prevent bullying and enhance middle school education, the pressures and struggles of middle school don’t seem to be going anywhere.

Are your teens ready for high school? Use online games to find out if your middle school student can survive high school freshman year.

It’s Thomas Jefferson’s birthday! Give your teens a U.S. history lesson and tell them about all the cool stuff this president did.

Is your child learning enough math to succeed in school and later career? Check out this guest blog post from Dan Finkel, co-author of the blog Math4Love.com.