Freshman Fears Imagine stepping foot on a college campus for the first time. Maybe you don’t know where your classes are located, or perhaps you feel nervous about making new friends. It is normal to feel lost, both physically and emotionally. Luckily, three of our Tutor Zone instructors, Anumita Nag…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Tutor Zone has encouraged all students and their families to build resilience. To be resilient is to bounce back during stressful times. When Tutor Zone shut down in December, we had to put in-person tutoring on hold and our instructors figured out how to adapt to…
Ding. Another news story in the past year that is devastating, disheartening, and a reminder that the reality of staying home, wearing masks, and missing out on the benefits of life light up the phone screen more often than it should. What this has meant for schools in the past…
At Tutor Zone, we love to incorporate technology to engage students in their learning. Our free online resources include Jeopardy, Nearpod, Kahoot, and more. Instructors use resources for grades K-12 and for multiple subjects such as English language arts, math, science, history and social studies, and international languages. Jeopardy Labs…
As California prepares to vote on the reinstatement of affirmative action in public colleges, a very valuable discussion is playing out about dismal racial representation in our schools that is particularly evident at UCs. And as we continue to analyze how we can combat this problem, it’s worth taking a…