Get a tutoting teacher from the same school she attends once a week to review her work and answer her questions. That will cost you aorund US$35 per hour per week

She needs help with her day to day class test & grades. She has been an honor roll student in elementry. Until she reached jr. high she began to slack off; and turned her attention more to her sports. She is very wise for a 15 yr old though. When I married her father she was in fights constantly. She tells me she would like to attend a UC college. She is very smart; but its hard for her to concentrate, and put time aside for her homework. She had all B's one D from her freshman year, so she has a 2.5 GPA. I just need to learn some tips to teach her, how to balance her athletics an education.

Which test scores are you talking about? ACT/SAT, or her day-to-day class tests and grades? Has she always been "laid back" about academics? How were her grades in elementary school? Does she express any interest in a particular career when she grows up, and if so, does it require a college degree? If she doesn't have a desire to attend a university, nobody is going to be able to force her. Many kids who aren't sure what they want to do later in life opt for a community college experience, which usually doesn't have strict admission requirements....in fact, they even accept kids without high school diplomas, so long as they can pass a basic placement test! (But I wouldn't tell her that.) I understand you want her to be the best she can be, however some kids mature later than others, and she has to want to improve and be the one to do the work.