General Education Advice

I have advocated that our college counseling students consider a gap year for almost as long as our college counseling services have been in existence. “Consider” does not mean committing.  It simply means evaluating as possible alternative. It always made sense to me to take a gap year for students who (1) needed some maturity […]

That was the title of my first book.   The work emanated from a few thousand hours of working with students who were underperforming.  Both genders had their issues.  But boys seemed to dominate the number in my notes on “motivation is the primary issue.”  The literature pointed to a growing phenomenon of male underachievement. […]

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If you are a parent of a child in K-8, education gaps are real Make sure your children are sufficiently educated during Covid schooling. If you are a parent of students in early high school, the same education gaps must be addressed and now those grades will matter for cumulative GPA despite Covid. If you […]

“How could this student have had As in math prior to 11th grade?” A tutor on The Learning Consultants’ team noted as he worked with a student who had not mastered the fundamentals of basic algebra and now was getting crushed in Algebra II. The mystery was easily solved. The student was “a good kid.” […]

Years ago, I developed a subsidiary to The Learning Consultants: Career Counseling Connecticut I did so because I saw so many young adults floundering at the start of their careers.  This work naturally put me in the conversation with journalists. They  would ask a seemingly reasonable question: “is college worth the cost?”  Covid has only […]

Beyond those who lost loved ones and those who have been economically devastated, who has been most affected by Covid? Those in school. While The Learning Consultants works with all age groups, my specific educational work is usually with older teens.  I meet them in my SAT classes, or for test prep tutoring or college […]

Yes, Covid has made admissions more confusing, particularly due to “test-optional”.  But if the results of Early Decision and Early Action applicants are indicative of “test-optional”, it would be beyond foolish for students in the affluent suburbs of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to approach the process as it were optional.   It seems […]