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5 Best High Schools in Austin
Austin is a great city to grow up in, and going to high school there is no exception. Austin boasts many successful high schools, and we wanted to know exactly which ones prep students for postsecondary education.After...
Read more...5 Best Middle Schools in Austin
Austin is a great place for families to raise their children, and there are a lot of fantastic schools for Austin children to attend. Frog Tutoring was curious to know the most impressive middle schools in town, so we...
Read more...5 Best Elementary Schools in Austin
Starting a child’s education with a successful elementary education is imperative to a child’s scholastic success. We were interested in finding out about the top performing schools in Austin.After...
Read more...Social Justice in the Classroom
For one of my classes at UT, we discussed the idea of Social Justice, a revolutionary way of approaching Social Studies. Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. It is often...
Read more...3 Reasons Why Good Students Get Bad English Grades
In my experience as an English tutor, I find that it is not only students who struggle with English that can get...
Read more...The Writing Workshop
When instructing writing practices, students must take charge of their own learning. A student cannot be successful writers if they simply follow a constructed formula, given to them by their teachers....
Read more...My Teaching Goals
I was very accomplished growing up. I made good grades in school, I was respectful, I did extracurricular activities, won many awards, and received lots of recognition. School came naturally...
Read more...Mindfullness in Classroom Management
Mindfulness is not a new concept to me, but I have never taken the initiative to apply the ideas related to mindfulness to my everyday life or in the classroom. What stuck out to me the...
Read more...The Secret Lives of "Because," Commas, and Clauses: Mythbusting Your Way to More Effective English Grammar and Writing [for Middle School, high school, College, and Parents]
Rules That Aren't RulesMy name is Mary, and I'm an instructor from Austin. I have taught everything from middle school (all core subjects for 3.5 years) to undergraduates in college in grammar, writing,...
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