In 2009, the College Board calculated that families can expect to pay in the neighborhood of $25,000 per year for a private four-year college (up 5.9 percent from last year), and $6,585 for a public four-year college (up 6.4 percent from 2008). I wonder… if more families know about opportunities to get a free, or [...]

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ED Pubs has released five new reading guides for parents of young children. The Shining Stars series for toddlers through third graders focuses on how to help children learn to enjoy, read, and understand literature. The downloadable pamphlets include tips on ways to explore and interpret ideas within a story; words, sounds, and parts of [...]

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Studying Einstein?  Reading Chaucer?  Then be sure to check out the Rare Book Room, an educational site that allows visitors to examine and read many of the world’s great books from authors such as Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Galileo, and Copernicus. This site currently contains about 400 books that have been digitally photographed at very high [...]

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For my son’s math homework tonight, he needed “dot paper,” not “graph paper” (as he repeated since I am getting dafter everyday… just ask him!). I used http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ where I could specify the scale, color and a few other attributes and then download my custom pdf file to print at home.

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You can check out the contents of any of over 1500 courses from the MIT faculty… for free! The Open Courseware project is easily and freely accessible at ocw.mit.edu. MIT OCW provides users with open access to the syllabi, lecture notes, course calendars, problem sets and solutions, exams, reading lists, even a selection of video [...]

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Jack Lynch’s fabulously readable Guide to Grammar and Style will be useful in making your writing clearer and more effective. Mr. Lynch, an Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, himself writes in an approachable and entertaining style. Organized by topic, the Guide is fun to peruse. Here are a few samples: Ain’t. There’s a [...]

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What’s greater than a great book? A free great book! A terrific resource, Project Gutenberg is “the first and largest single collection of free electronic books.” If you’re looking for a classic text, check Project Gutenberg before you check Amazon or Border’s. Entries range from Great Expectations to The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, [...]

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Does your student have to do a country report? When I had to write them, back in the stone age, the “World Almanac and Book of Facts” (2007 Alamanac at amazon.com) was an essential reference. It’s still a good book to have at home, but it’s not free. Two terrific (and free) online resources are [...]

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One of TeamUP! Tutors’ new writing tutors is also a professional copy editor. I spent some time going over a couple documents with her. What incredible attention to detail! More than that, she has a superb knowledge of grammar and usage. Several times she referred to her bible, The Chicago Manual of Style (at Amazon). [...]

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I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. Makes you smile, doesn’t it? After all, what kind of help can you really expect? Well, if you’re a parent of younger students start with the Helping Your Child series. “These booklets feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master [...]

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