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Topic: Study Skills and Academics

Better grades, higher test scores, and academic success can be achieved when caring parents, students, and schools work together. We have the techniques and information that can make your education work for you.

Guides are a coordinated package of tools designed to help you solve a challenge or handle a change.

Set Goals and Achieve Them

Smart goal setting is the key to achieving your dreams. Getting motivated is what leads to goal setting and success. Let this guide help you find those goals to set.

Help My Teen Set Deadlines and Avoid Procrastination

When students use time-management tools to set realistic goals and meet school deadlines, they can reduce their stress and make more time for the activities they love.

Choose the Right Tutor

This complete guide to finding and evaluating a tutoring program for your student will help you get the best results for your student’s time and your money.

Improve My High School Study Skills

Being smart is helpful when it comes to high school academics, but it turns out that successful students do well because they've mastered effective high school study skills. This guide shows you their secrets of success.

Keep My Teen from Dropping Out of High School

If they are failing classes, skipping school, and getting in trouble, teens risk dropping out. Learn warning signs and strategies for keeping kids in school. Catch problems early, or if it’s too late for that, find out what t...

Help My Middle Schooler Build Better Study Skills

Help your middle school child deal with student homework by teaching him or her valuable middle school study skills such as note taking, organization, and working on big projects.

Help My Kids Get Organized and Stay Organized

If your teenagers stress about losing homework or missing deadlines, it might be time for you to help them get organized—their high school success could depend on it.

Help Me Succeed in College

If you’re homesick, thinking about dropping out, or wondering whether college was the right choice, this Guide will show you resources for getting on track and achieving your dreams.

Prepare My Ninth Grader for College

Let this eEduGuide help you and your ninth grader plan for college. You’ll find tips on improving high school success, high school study skills, and much more!

Help My Kids Start the School Year with Confidence

This EduGuide is filled with family ideas for kicking off the school year. In K-12 grades, parent involvement in education can fill kids with greater confidence so that they can succeed academically and socially at school.

Prepare My Sixth Grader for College

Let this Guide help you and your sixth grader create a practical plan for college. You’ll find tips on improving middle school success, middle school study skills, and much more!

Help My Child Become a Better Writer

Does your kid need help to improve writing skills? Middle school and high school writing is an essential skill for students to succeed academically. This Guide can help you boost your teen’s writing ability.

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