AJ Tutoring blog - The Learning Curve

If you’re a parent who has wondered whether one-on-one tutoring will help your child, or whether it is worth the expense, you might be surprised at how and why it actually works. You may think of tutoring as a simple transaction: the tutor has information, and they pour it into the student’s ...

How to Build a College List: A Strategic, Student-Centered Approach Building a college list can feel overwhelming for families. There are thousands of colleges, constantly changing admissions policies, and plenty of advice that focuses more on rankings than real student outcomes. Parents often ...

What does math tutoring look like? Having worked as a math tutor for many years, I will be the first one to tell you that math tutoring does not look the same across the board. Since we work with a wide variety of students, we have a wide variety of “typical” math tutoring sessions. A few ...

Every student, especially the smart and motivated ones (yes, you!), has had this thought. Maybe it hits during a struggle with logarithms, while writing an essay on medieval serfdom, or in the middle of memorizing French verb conjugations. If you’ve felt that frustration, you are not alone. ...