I’m so pleased when someone from outside AZ happens upon our website and emails me with comments or suggestions. A student at San Diego State University, Carmen, tutors a small group of middle-school students. The group must have stumbled across the “Educational Resources” page on our site, and one of the students, Kaley R., wanted […]
ACT Announces Major Changes
In one corner: the SAT. At 93, the aging dowager of college entrance exams. Opposing it: the ACT, the 60-year-old upstart, eternally hoping to dethrone its opponent. In 2018, about 1.9 million students took the ACT and 2.1 million students took the SAT. The ACT vs. SAT rivalry has existed ever since the ACT entered […]
Why Cursive?
Back when cursive was taught to every 3rd-grader, I was teaching it to a student who had NO desire to learn it. This was unusual — many K-2 students before that time admired the kids who knew cursive and were dying to learn it themselves, though many pronounced it incorrectly: “curfus” and “curlesy” are two […]
