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"New York City and the tristate area offer curricula centered on STEM to theater. specific training, to schools focused on developing leaders and college preparatory schools," commented Cindy Chain, founder and director at Rainbow EDU Consulting.

"Charter schools are spectacular for deeply engaged students who thrive in specific environments. Ask vour child: What is vour favorite subiect? And: Would vou prefer a school that primarily focuses on that subiect?" offered Cindv Chanin, founder and director of Rainbow Edu Consulting & Tutoring.

It’s open house season -- time to make the most of these opportunities to scout potential schools with your family. While open house formats vary, Cindy Chanin, founder of Rainbow Education Consulting & Tutoring in Los Angeles and New York City, said that most include a tour of the school, a general information or Q&A session with members of the school’s staff and an activity fair that offers a chance to get to know the school’s extracurricular activities and student organizations.

In most cases, most interviews these days happen after you apply, said Cindy Chanin, founder and director of Rainbow Education Consulting & Tutoring in Los Angeles, Calif. “Usually, you don’t request an interview — the school will reach out to you if they would like to interview you,” she said. “Sometimes students think if they don’t get an interview, they won’t get in. That’s not true at all.”

As Cindy Chanin, founder and director of Rainbow Education Consulting & Tutoring in Los Angeles, Calif., put it, your course load is not about what you take so much as it is about why you take certain classes. “So many students feel inordinate pressure to take as many APs / IBs / honors as they can cram into their already busy schedules. If the course load is having diminishing returns, you are better off taking fewer demanding courses and allocating time and energy towards passion projects [and] entrepreneurial endeavors,” she said.

The education professionals I interviewed say graphic novels can help kids improve their reading skills. “It’s important to remember that the best way for your child to get better at reading is by reading,” says Cindy Chanin, founder and director of Rainbow EDU Consulting & Tutoring. “Any book your child gets excited about is worth exploring with them. Graphic novels should be seen as yet another educational and engaging entry point into the wide world of literature.”

Unlike kinetic and visual styles, Cindy Chanin, founder and director at Rainbow EDU Consulting & Tutoring, explains that auditory learning is a learning style in which students most successfully comprehend material through hearing and sound. "These learners respond best to aural information and directions, such as listening to an audiobook or engaging in class discussion," she tells Today's Parent. "They typically enjoy music, are strong conversationalists and storytellers, and express emotion verbally, among other traits."

“I still believe that, even with all the changes to the SAT, the best way to get ready for the test is to build and follow a strong, individualized study plan,” Chanin says via an email interview with Forbes Advisor.

These challenges can be even greater for private-school teachers, according to Cindy Chanin, the founder of a college-consulting and tutoring business, who has worked with hundreds of teachers and administrators in elite schools in Los Angeles and New York City. Some private-school parents are paying $50,000 a year (or more) for their child’s education. Because they’re spending so much, many tend to focus on the outcomes and want a greater say in elements as varied as whether their child gets extra time on a project and how a field trip is run, Chanin told me. She said the teachers she speaks with are completely overwhelmed.

Just make sure you choose a co-signer with a high credit score. As Cindy Chanin, founder and director of Rainbow EDU Consulting & Tutoring explains, "If the co-signer has a very strong credit rating, the loan terms may be even more favorable than if the student had gotten the loan from the government."