Former Miracle Math Student Dayna Lipkin went on to be a communications major and broadcast superstar at Cal State University, Fresno. Here’s what she had to say about Miracle Math while she was in the program: 1. Why did you seek help from the program? I’ve had trouble with math all of my life. I’ve always needed…
Here it is: Take 3 months of summer fun with no academic work, and subtract 3 months of lost academic achievement (this is called the “Summer Slide”). What does that equal? 1 child who feels like a loser. Children who aren’t academically stimulated during the summer can lose as much as three month’s worth of…
May is Zombie Awareness Month, and that got me to thinking about what I’d do if blood-thirsty creatures started taking over the world. Of course, my top three goals would be 1) to save my family, 2) to save my family and, 3) to save my family. My husband, Diondre, and I would lay down our…
The math problem, “When is Cheryl’s Birthday?” has gone viral. A google search generated 251 news articles about it in one day. Some of the headlines included: “The (Solvable) Math Problem that will Break your Brain” “Forget the Common Core. Can you Figure out Cheryl’s Birthday?” “The Logic Problem that Blew up the Internet” What’s…
We all know that I like to brag about what great students, parents, staff and coaches we have at Miracle Math. We’re awesome. And now the entire tutoring industry knows it. The National Tutoring Association (NTA) is the largest and oldest professional organization for tutoring professionals, and it’s featured two of Miracle Math’s blog posts…
Let’s say you decide your children need a break from school, so you keep them home from September to December. How well will they do in class after missing three months of school? Can you say Cs and Ds? Now relate that scenario to the summer months. Not keeping your child academically active during the…
An Ultimate Guide to Teens and Algebra Do you remember how excited your little girl was the first day she came home from school? Chances are she hopped off the bus or walked out the door with you chatting all about her day. She had the best lunch and made a new friend and she…
I am always so very proud of my students. When they do well, I realize that the hard work my staff, coaches and I is paying off. Janiya is one of our amazing, hard-working students, and she’s been named “Student of the Month” at her school!” Yeah!!! for Janiya. Here’s what her mother, La Tanya Terrones,…
Some people believe an Academic Coach and a Tutor are the same thing. Nope. That’s like saying a fruit salad is the same as a pineapple. They’re both food. Both consist of fruit. Both are satisfying (though not like Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey). But one offers grapes, strawberries, pears and pineapples. Math Tutoring teaches…
Psych! There’s no such thing as a perfect kid, and if you have the formula on how to accomplish this please, inbox me! We all want our children to do well. But if you’re laser-focused on your children becoming superstars, I feel sorry for you and your precious ones. Harsh, I know. It’s just that…