School can feel hard for many reasons. The information shared here can make it feel easier.
The Student Success Show is for students and the parents, teachers, and mentors who support them.
Veteran educator and Student Success Coach Kylie Larsen shares practical advice from her Student Success System on studying, organization, time management, focus, motivation, procrastination, executive function, confidence, communication, and the everyday skills students need to become more capable and independent.
The Student Success System focuses on three things students need to succeed: self-belief, learning skills, and practical strategies for managing school and life.
Each episode explores a real challenge students face, identifies what may be getting in the way, and breaks things down into clear, practical steps you can try. You’ll learn how to build habits that support success in school and beyond.
If you are a student who wants school to feel more manageable, or an adult trying to help one, you’re in the right place.
Big exams feel a lot more manageable when students know what to study, when to study it, and how to tell whether they actually know it. In this episode of The Student Success Show, Kylie Larsen shares a practical 21-day exam prep plan built around four simple phases: Map It, Build It, Prove It, and Polish It. You’ll learn how to organize exam prep without marathon study sessions, use active recall and spaced repetition, rotate topics, practice without notes, track mistakes, and adjust the pla...
2 Nov 2026
Unhappy With a Grade? 5 Actions to Take Before You Just Work Harder
Got a report card, progress report, or test grade you’re unhappy with? Before you panic or tell yourself to work harder, figure out what that grade is actually telling you. In this episode, educator and student success coach Kylie Larsen shares five practical actions students can take to decide what comes next: • Diagnose the grade by looking for missing work, test patterns, late penalties, and other clues. • Talk to your teacher and ask specific questions that lead to useful next steps. • ...
22 Oct 2026
Ep.10: How correct answers can still lose points and what students can do to earn full credit.
Most students lose points for a reason that feels unfair: they know the answer, but don’t show enough of their thinking on the page. Reading specialist and student success coach Kylie Larsen explains how to turn correct-but-thin answers into responses that show what students know—and earn more credit. In this episode, Kylie shares a simple answer–proof–explanation routine that works across subjects, shows how to decode assignment action words, and explains how to use rubrics and a final check...
11 Oct 2026
Ep.9: 6 Ways Students Lose Points on Assignments
Students often hurt their grades by giving away points they could have earned. The problem is not always lack of effort or understanding. Points are often lost because a student misunderstood the assignment, did not show enough thinking, missed a required detail, spent too much effort in the wrong place, skipped the final check, or repeated the same mistake again. In this episode of The Success Coach for Students Show, Kylie Larsen breaks down six common grade killers and explains why improvi...
4 Oct 2026
Ep. 8: Two reading comprehension strategies that help students of all ages understand what they read better.
Students can read every word on the page and still miss the meaning. The answer is not simply to tell them to “try harder.” Students need practical ways to stop, think, and interact with the text while they read. In this episode of the Success Coach for Students Show, I’m sharing two simple reading comprehension routines I use to help students become more active readers. For fiction, students learn to pause and ponder at Aha, Hmm, Uh-oh, and Wow moments so they can notice important changes, q...
25 Sept 2026
Ep. 7: Parent Edition-Stop Nagging Your Teen and Build Real Independence
Tired of nagging your teen about homework, missing assignments, sports gear, chores, grades, or everything else they’re supposed to remember? In this Parent Edition of the Success Coach for Students Show, I’m sharing four practical ways to reduce constant reminders while helping your teen build real independence, organization, planning, and follow-through. If you feel like you’ve somehow become the family planner, reminder system, and backup brain, you are definitely not alone. But the bigge...
25 Sept 2026
Ep. 7: How to Get Your Parents to Stop Nagging You About School
Tired of your parents reminding you about homework, tests, missing assignments, practice gear, deadlines, or what you need to do next? In this episode of the Success Coach for Students Show, I’m sharing four practical ways to get fewer reminders from your parents by becoming more organized, communicating earlier, and showing that you can follow through. Here’s the thing: telling your parents “I know!” usually doesn’t make the reminders stop. When parents are worried that something will ...
18 Sept 2026
Ep. 6: How absences can pile up, create overwhelm, and what to do about it.
Missed school and now feel completely behind? Whether you were sick, overwhelmed, dealing with transportation issues, or just got out of your normal routine, missing even one day can create more work and confusion than you expected. In this episode of the Success Coach for Students Show, I’m breaking down why catching up after an absence can feel so overwhelming and what you can actually do about it. Checking Google Classroom or your assignment board is a start, but it doesn’t always show eve...
18 Sept 2026
Ep. 6: Parent Edition-How absences can pile up, create overwhelm, and what to do about it.
Is your student missing school or struggling to catch up after an absence? Missing school affects more than assignments. Students can also miss explanations, examples, conversations, directions, and the little pieces of learning that are hard to recreate later. In this Parent Edition of the Success Coach for Students Show, I’m talking about how school absences can start to snowball and what parents can do to help without taking over. A missed day can quickly become: missed instruction → missi...
13 Sept 2026
Ep. 5: How to maximize your time, attention, and effort by saving your best for when it matters most.
You Don’t Always Have to Do Your Best Not every task deserves the same amount of your time, effort, and attention. In this episode, I’m talking about why trying to give your absolute best to everything can actually make school and life harder, especially for students who tend toward perfectionism. You’ll learn how to right-size your work, decide what really deserves your best effort, and use the GETMO: Good Enough to Move On mindset without cutting corners. In this episode Why maximum effort ...
10 Sept 2026
Ep. 4: How to make good habits easier.
Want to build better study habits without relying on motivation or trying to remember one more thing? In this episode of the Success Coach for Students Show, Kylie explains habit stacking, a simple strategy that helps students make new habits easier by connecting them to something they already do. You’ll learn how to use the formula: After I __________, then I will __________. Kylie shares practical examples students can use for studying, organization, homework, planning, and other school rou...
7 Sept 2026
Ep. 3: How to prioritize your to-do list.
When everything on your list feels important, it can be hard to know where to start. And sometimes, that means you end up doing the easiest thing first instead of the thing that matters most. In this episode, I talk about how to prioritize schoolwork in a way that feels simpler and more realistic. We’ll use a Must Do, Should Do, Could Do system to sort what needs your attention, choose your top priorities, and decide what deserves your time and energy first. We’ll talk about how to: sep...
6 Sept 2026
Ep. 2: How to Focus on Schoolwork When Everything Distracts You
If staying focused feels like a constant battle, the answer may not be trying harder. Sometimes the better strategy is to make distraction harder and focus easier. In this episode, I talk about how your environment can either support your attention or constantly compete for it. Phones, notifications, extra tabs, clutter, and even the random thoughts that pop into your head can pull you away from what you're trying to do. We’ll talk about how to: remove the distractions you can controlset up a...
6 Sept 2026
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The Success Coach for Students Show If school feels harder than it should, you’re in the right place. Maybe you’re spending hours studying and not remembering enough. Maybe you keep putting things off, losing track of assignments, running out of time, or wondering why your grades don’t match what you actually know. I’m Kylie Larsen, a 20+ year educator, reading specialist, and student success coach. On The Success Coach for Students Show, we’re going to talk about the real things that get in ...
6 Sept 2026
Ep. 1: How to Prioritize Schoolwork: The Skill You Need Before Time Management.
If your schedule never seems to work the way you thought it would, the problem may not be time management. It may be time awareness. In this episode, I break down why students often underestimate how long assignments, studying, and everyday tasks will actually take, and what to do instead. You’ll learn how hidden steps, poor time estimates, and overly optimistic planning can make a manageable workload suddenly feel overwhelming. We’ll talk about how to: notice where your time is really ...
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