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 […]