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We are huge fans of Study Smarter. They offer a really rigorous test prep curriculum for the SAT and ACT and the teachers are excellent. My daughter raised her score considerably because she was willing to put the work in. She had heard from other kids at school not to do Study Smarter because there's a lot of homework. But she was really motivated to do well on the SAT so she wanted to sign up with them. We were really glad we did.

We used Study Smarter for our son and were very pleased with the private tutoring. Robert worked all 40 hours with one person and completed many practice tests. He wanted to score at least 2200 and he surpassed his goal and scored 2240. His PSAT was somewhere around 1980 and he has mild dyslexia, so the writing portion was the toughest for him.

My high school sophomore needed support getting up to speed for a compression math class at Skyline High School, and our Study Smarter tutor helped him tremendously. It got him through a challenging period and was completely worth the investment. Thanks, Study Smarter!

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I wanted to write to thank Amy and the whole Strategies for Learning team for all the support over the past year, first in person then virtually during the quarantine. I was worried that switching to remote sessions wouldn’t work for my son who is now almost 9 and VERY active and easily distracted. I was even more worried that he would lose momentum with his emerging reading skills…He LOVES meeting with Amy and his reading skills have continued to grow and blossom. Amy has done an amazing job of keeping him engaged in his virtual sessions and he looks forward to every session with her (in fact he would like to meet with her every day!). The virtual sessions have worked so well for us that we plan on continuing to meet over Zoom instead of going back to the office when that is a possibility. Thank you so much for keeping up the amazing work whether it’s online or in person. You “get” our kids and are always such a great support but it means even more during these crazy times.

I cannot say enough about how SFL turned our world around. Our son hated school, had come to doubt his own abilities, and was falling ever further behind. I don’t know where we would be had we not found SFL. We had started at another well-respected educational therapy center, and it was not productive for us. Ariela understood deeply what was going on with our son, and found the right “fit” in an educational therapist for him. It was not easy to get him to accept 2x per week of after school tutoring, but Ariela found the way. “She really gets me,” he told me, and he agreed to give it a try. I highly recommend the investment in 2x per week because the intensity really helped, and the success he started experiencing motivated him. Crucially, it improved his self-confidence. In four months of 2x per week sessions, he learned more than he had learned in an entire year at a high-quality school. By the time he started third grade, he was reading at grade level–a seeming impossibility when we first reached to SFL. I imagine we will find ourselves back at SFL as he proceeds on his journey. For now, we are so grateful to Caroline, Ariella and Christine for all they did for him and for us.

Our daughter has been challenged to think deeply and more critically by SFL clinician and to find answers to stay persistent working on hard questions by digging deeper (in text, resources). She has developed very specific, easy-to-use strategies and tools for learning—studying, writing, reading for meaning, and test-taking. Most importantly, she sees herself as much more capable and successful as a learner and with schoolwork.

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Not all tutors are equipped to connect with students on a personal level, excite them with the material, and ensure real results. Aspire's tutors are unique. It's an incredible, diverse group of mission-driven educators who will deeply, deeply care about your student and how he/she's doing.

Thanks Jack Woodruff and a few Staff that made my Tutoring Experiences a Great ProfStep!!! I loved All Of My Students and Especially Jack for His Support, Including Nadine Bui and K. DeVany for Their Abundant Advice on How to Require My Deserved Payments For My Outstanding Services!!!

I have been volunteering as a Teen Mentor for the Community Reading Buddies Program of the Aspire Education Project, and it has proved to be an organization fighting for everyone's proper education and changing lives!

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