The Parent's Ultimate Education Guide is an outstanding book that teaches parents how to maximize each child’s learning abilities. Keep your K-12 child motivated to stay in school and to engage in creative learning. Prepare your child for college or trade school early. This resource will teach you how to maximize your students academic suiccess

1. Parent’s Ultimate Education Guide
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Stephen Jones
SAJ Publishing

2. Parent’s Ultimate Education Guide
Seven Secrets of How to Study

3. Seven Secrets of How to Study
What challenges do parents face?
 A culture of low expectations in the schools.
 Counselors and teachers are overwhelmed by the number of students
 There is not sufficient information about study skills and tutoring.
 Parents have given up on the teachers ability to motivate their child to
learn.
 Parents do not know how to create an effective learning environment in
the home.
 Most parents have not attended college and do not know how to
prepare their child.
 The schools lack the resources to offer courses that are academically
challenging.

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Closing the Gap in Minority Achievement – Dereck Bok
Chronicle of Higher Education
October 20, 2003
 Closing the gap in academic achievement and SAT scores has not
diminished over the last 15 years
 Performing well on the SAT does not always guarantee that an African
American student will not struggle
 Dr. Douglas Massey who wrote, “The Source of the River” says a
survey of 4000 students regarding underperformance has determined
that poorer preparation to learn, low self-esteem, and inferior public
schools has contributed to performance problems
 Dr. Massey also confirms that minority students exhibit more concerns
about their intellectual ability and self-doubts. Putting students into
remedial classes only reconfirms that they do not have the aptitude to
succeed.

5. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Can parents find help?
• There are very few how to study resources
that target parents
• Parents are overwhelmed with how to do
homework with their student
• Counselors are out numbered by a student
ratio off 500:1.
• Professional tutoring services are too costly

6. Seven Secrets of How to Study
An Innovative Book that Teaches
How to Motivate your student
Parents Ultimate Education
Guide, Seven Secrets Special
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7. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Is their a resource for parents?
Parents Ultimate Education Guide
Parents Benefits
1. Parents will improve their knowledge of the learning process
2. Parents will learn make good education choices
3. Parents will consistently see their students earning better
grades
4. Parents will uncover hidden scholarships and grants
5. Parents learn how to keep their middle and high school
student motivated to learn
6. Parents learn how to help their student to prepare for tests

8. Seven Secrets of How to Study
CHAPTER 1
 Parenting 101
 Main Content: This chapter helps
parents to establish a good learning
environment in their home.

9. Seven Secrets of How to Study
CHAPTER 2
 Preparing for Tests
 Main Content. Students learn to reduce
test anxiety while also effectively
preparing for tests.

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Chapter 3
 Where’s the Money for College
 Main Content: This chapter will help
parents to organize an effective plan to
pay for college.

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Chapter 4
 Halfway to College
 Main Content: Parent’s learn how to
raise their student’s confidence that that
they will enroll in and graduate from
college,

12. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Chapter 5
 Know your students Teacher.
 Main Content: Parent’s learn how to
effectively communicate with teachers.

13. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Chapter 6
 Create a home study plan
 Main Content: Parents learn how to
use homework as a learning opportunity
to get organized for tests.

14. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Chapter 7
College 101
Main Content: Parents learn how their
high school student can get accepted
into college.

15. Seven Secrets of How to Study
Teaching study skills requires a
commitment
Dr. Stephen Jones is:
 Teaching parents who are unfamiliar with college life
 committed to helping parents and students to develop
personal and intellectual goals
 confident that Seven Secrets will increase your
son/daughters in school motivation, and increase the
number of students who graduate from your college

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10 Habits of Highly Successful
College Students
 1. Time management is a way of life.
 2. Begin with the end in mind.
 3. Maintain a positive attitude in the face of adversity.
 4. Say no to friends and family who are your major
 distractions.
 5. Fire up your study habits to maximize your success.
 6. Meet all of your instructors in their office more than once.
 7. Research, Research, Research
 8. Focus on fitness of mind, body, and spirit.
 9. You are the first student to arrive to class and last to
 leave.
 10. Don’t let dating move you away from your goal.

17. Seven Secrets of How to Study
How should students prepare for college?
 Write down your college goals and stick to them. What kind of
grades do you want to earn.
 Recognize that performing well on the SAT does not always
guarantee that a student will not struggle.
 Get all of your high school and college books in advance and
begin to study over the summer.
 Begin to increase the amount of chapters that you read each
night by two hours.
 Eliminate the habit of procrastinating on projects, term papers
and tests.

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Money for college
 Complete your FAFSA form by January 2007
 Compete all scholarship applications immediately
 Never pay for a scholarship search
 Write scholarship application letters immediately
 Apply for at least ten scholarships each week
 Conduct your own research on the internet.
Specifically use the www.college.planner.org
 Attend a college fair and meet with financial aid
advisors
 Call your state office of financial aid and ask for help
 Never stop applying.
 Enter your information on www.fastweb.com

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Contact Information
 Dr. Stephen Jones
 P.O Box 5178
 Springfield, Pa 19064
 (610) 832 -3843
 http://studyskills2u.weebly.com/books.html
 Stephenjoness@rcn.com