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Tutoring Articles

Improve Your Child’s Academic Confidence

Academic confidence distinguishes the top students from everyone else. At Lafayette Academy, we do whatever we can to help our students gain more confidence in school. We personalize instruction so our students can experience "aha" moments in their tutoring sessions...

How Parents Can Respond to a Bad Test Grade

Parents Reaction To Bad Grades Throughout the course of their academic careers, children inevitably get a substandard grade now and then. At times their own sense of unhappiness or embarrassment is strong enough to put them back on track to successful test taking. At...

The Unspoken Truths of Remote Learning

This last year taught us that remote schooling offers many benefits. But, we also saw the costs of remote learning when it’s given in large doses.  For that reason, many families are burned out on “Zoom education.” Is it time to give up on remote learning or to...

Can Tutoring Help Those Who Face Anxiety While Taking Tests?

When was the last time you were nervous about a test? Do you remember? If you don’t, think about the last time you went into an interview for that job you really wanted. Take all of those nerves and place them in a teenage body in high school. The peer pressure, the...