Since we've started with the Tutoring center we've seen improvement in the kids reading ability as…read morethat's what we come for. The staff is courteous and kind.l and easy to work with.

Premlata and her staff aren't just tutors...they help children have fun while deep diving into the…read moresubject they teach and that is a rare skill! My daughter has been going to the Tutoring Center for math classes. When she joined two months ago, she had severely low self confidence, was afraid of math and, in fact, resisted the idea of getting help. Last evening she told me on the drive back home that she feels much more confident about her math skills now...earlier she used to hate talking about anything remotely connected to math, now she makes multiplication flash cards in her spare time. I thank the entire team at the Tutoring Center for building up her self-esteem! The work they do is so much more than just teach the subject area.

Ruby helped my son prepare for both the PSAT and SAT, and we found her to be friendly, helpful, and…read moreextremely effective. To prepare for the PSAT, my son took a group course with Ruby, and he found her advice and guidance extremely helpful. His scores on practice tests improved quickly, and he ended up scoring in the top 2% of all California students. For the SAT, we arranged for him to work with Ruby one-on-one, and he again found her advice to be valuable and the preparation extremely helpful.

Highly recommend Ruby for SAT math tutoring. My son needed a math tutor for his SAT prep. Ruby…read moreunderstood my son's needs, reviewed chapter by chapter, which my son found to be very helpful. With her help my son was able to score 1550 on his SAT. We highly recommend anyone who is looking for SAT math tutoring give Ruby a try, we did and it paid-off big time.

My kids have been going here for over a year now and we are happy with the results. We have tutors…read morefor math and ELA and they are all very supportive. TM offered free assessments for placement when we first came in. Programs were then individualized according to the kid's level. Scheduling is very easy. I recommend TM for anyone looking for quality 1-1 tutoring.

Incredible humans work here. Such a diverse and caring, intelligent and compassionate group. We…read moreare incredibly fortunate to find Thriving Minds Learning Center for our kids. Thank you!!!

I had my son sign up for this class and I observed the material they were teaching. The learning…read morewas fast pace and material was good and above average for the kids. He liked the class and followed it at home. He is interested to take more classes there. This is a vote of confidence. Sassan T

A great school that not only teaches you how to code, but also how to think as a developer. My son…read morereally enjoys the personal approach at WhizKidz, and the web development class he takes there is clearly the highlight of his week. I can see that he's already learnt a great deal, and Steven and his team have so much more to offer, so we're looking forward to more interesting classes at WhizKidz.

My kids enjoyed their multiple years at Mathnasium. They made learning seem fun. However the…read morereason why we left is because Mathnasium is fixated on kids mastering the subject material before moving on. Sometimes we wouldn't be able to come in for a few weeks and my kids would forget the subject material. So they would have to start over. Therefore the material at Mathnasium wouldn't match what they were studying in school.

We started in the summer, so my son could be more confident with his math skills as he entered…read moremiddle school. It's helped so much that we chose to continue the program into the school year. He seems to really enjoy the program and actually comes back feeling more confident and empowered after class! (...and middle school is going great so far, too! ; )

I worked in Japan for two years. After a year of being back in America, I was worried about losing…read moremy Japanese, so I decided to find a tutor. While searching online, I found SVT and checked them out. I have been using a tutor through SVT for a few weeks now. The process of starting tutoring was pretty easy, thanks to the website. Nina, the owner, responded to my request form very quickly, and I was paired with a Japanese tutor within a few days. My tutor is really amazing, and I enjoy his teaching approach. As well, I admittedly lack confidence in my Japanese ability, but he's always very kind and encouraging. They did a great job with matching my tutor, and I'm glad to have found my tutor through them. I can only review the process and Japanese tutoring, but I feel that if I needed help with a different language that they offered, I'd go to them first.

Our son took lessons from Nina a few years ago and the experience was fantastic. Nina is patient…read morewith children, easy to understand, and very knowledgeable. She was flexible with scheduling so we could fit lessons into our already busy week. We highly recommend her!

I registered my both kids to summer camp here. Their friends recommended to do the camp together…read morethough we usually go to other coding school. At first, my kids were really excited and came home talked about what they learned and created. It seemed like they had fun. Then problem started as my child told me that her file was deleted couple times and she couldn't find it. I told her to ask the instructor since they supposedly are good at computer. She told me that she couldn't log on because she forgot her password. Apparently this issue has been going on during the week long summer camp. I was not aware until Thursday evening from my child. Then I asked her what was she doing if she couldn't log on and no one could help her. She said she just sat there and listened. 1) we don't learn by sitting, we learn from doing and following step by step (so she wasted her learning time and my money) 2) no instructor aware that she was sitting there and not doing anything? Didn't raise their attention? 3) she claimed she forgot her password and instructor couldn't help her. Coder instructor should be able to trace back her password or reset password for her, correct??? 4) I emailed my concerns and I got back the response from manager that my child was joking with instructor. Yes, if she wasn't engaged and couldn't log on, I know my child would be bored and fooling around. Any child would. All the kids were laughing and having fun in class. I don't see any problem with my child enjoying the class and laughing. 5) couple kids said they had WiFi issues during class. Why would it be WiFi issues when this is a coding school. 6) when I emailed to the manager, his response was trying to point finger at my child that she was joking with the instructor instead of solving the issue and take responsibility about his instructors in class. No customer service. For sure, I won't recommend anyone to this place. Very disorganized and no customer service.

My children attended a summer camp at the coder school. This what I experienced:…read more Pros: the kids had fun there. When we entered or whenever we picked up or dropped off, you can see that children were having fun. You could see children laughing and smiling. They did complete some coding activities. Cons: 1. Limited staff- No one answered the phone. There was no front help person to answer phones during camp. I was running late, and called the office no one picked up the phone. When I picked up the children, the teacher gave his personal phone number to contact them. He said there is no one to answer phones during camp. Considering the amount of money as parents we pay for this activity and they should have someone in the front office answering the phone or have the teachers in the camp pick up the phone while the camp is in session. I know they are trying to cut cost, but the business phone should work during camp hours. 2. Each child are placed on their individual computers. If they have problems with the computer, instead of putting them on another one, they waited to repair it. So one of my children missed time during the day completing a project until they could the computer to work. We were not told about this until my children told us. We inquired about it and did not get a response why they were not put on another computer or that my child's project would be delayed. 3. Passwords- I have a younger child who forgot her password on the computer. The teacher didn't have the password that day, so she couldn't use the computer to complete her project. The following day, we contacted the manager to find out why the teacher didn't have it so our child could complete her work. The manager gave us the password. Then stated that our children were smiling and laughing in class. Prior to that comment, the teachers were giving my children compliments on how well behaved they were. That's an odd response from the manager-- deflect and blame tactic being used. My wife asked again why and we didn't get a response. We never found out from the manager nor the teacher why they didn't have the password prior day so my child could finish the project. Today, after our complaint, staff did have myu child's password. And again they avoided the question why they didn't have the password the day before. Overall, my children had fun. Other kids had fun. They looked like they learned something. However, the management and teachers could not answer simple questions and for the money we pay, there should not be downtime if computer is down or someone can't remember their password. However management avoided the question and was ready to deflect questions by blaming my children. We've gone to Code Ninja in the past and had a better experience there. They have better communication, kids have fun too, learn, and are more organized. If they have technical difficulties they move the child to another computer.

My daughter was diagnosed as having dyslexia in the 4th grade. I did everything to work with the…read moreCupertino Union School District to provide services to my daughter who was in special education since 2nd grade. I knew that she also needed extra support at home that I was not able to provide. I went to Sylvan and Kumon which provided me with conflicting reports from the school district. I finally had my own neuro - psychological report which took place over a few days which helped me to understand how to work with my daughter, but I still needed a education therapist. I went to Linda Mood Bell (recommended by psychologist) and paid for an expensive assessment as it is required for their program. I still did not feel comfortable as I knew that my daughter needed remediation before cognitive training. It seemed too much torture to have her there 5 days a week for 4 hours a day over the summer. I could not commit to spending a small fortune on something that I was not sure of and that was not customized to her needs. It was very stressful. It was then that I started to research private school specialized in learning difficulties and dyslexia. I visited Charles Armstrong and Los Altos Christian School....just to name a few...but I could not wait to apply for the next year or be on a wait list. Through research I knew that my daughter needed education therapy by someone who was trained in Slingerland methods. I did research online and found the Wunderling Learning Center through the Slingerland Institute site. My husand and I visited Ruthie who has extensive experience tutoring children with learning difficutlies. I felt at ease with her and confident in her abilities. She explained an ideal plan to work with my daughter which included assessments based on her observations working her as well as specific testing. Most of all we needed someone we could trust to work with our child. My husband and I decided to start off with 2 days a week of education therapy after school and started in July 2007. For the past several months Ruthie has helped us to work with our daughter at home, provided specific strategies to to address her learning issues and keeping focused. She has helped me through my daughters meltdowns over math and language arts. Ruthie has a talent to work with children and is commited to education. She also continues her education to provide additional services to her clients. She is now a PACE certified instructor and has added this as another tool to work with my daughter. It is February 2008 and my daugher got a 97% on her science test and has mainstreamed into a regular Math class. This is huge difference from last summer and my husband and I are very proud. We will continue with the education therapy with Ruthie. Do your research before making a commitment to put your child in any program. Many of the cookie cutter programs may try to take advantage of your need to provide for your child.

I wanted to write a further follow up on the PACE program now that we are a 1/2 a year into this…read moreprogram. I have seen remarkable changes in one of my children in relation to his test results - from a child that was average to a child that is now getting A's and B's on most of his tests. The only thing I can contribute this to is the PACE program. It has taught him techniques and ways to memories information. Last year he was nearly failing math - this year he's a A/B student. In science and history he is A+ - this program has given an average child a winning edge.