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 […]
Read MoreFor many adults, the pandemic has had the weird effect of both changing everything while also delaying major changes. The former requires no explanation. The latter requires clarification. While our day to day lives have had massive change, many adults have delayed moving/changing jobs/marrying. Those processes don’t necessarily need to happen now and, for many, […]
Read MoreWhen I hear students say “I’m not a good test-taker”, I cringe. Unrelated to the SATs-ACTs, high stakes tests – such as finals – become a bigger part of one’s academic career as students move into the latter stages of high school. In college, mid-terms and finals – high stakes tests – become an even […]
Read More“Yes, we know.” So said an admissions official from an elite college on a podcast related to admissions during Covid. The question was: ” are you aware of grade inflation, particularly when cheating has become so rampant in online school?” The official followed up by noting that “in the past, standardized tests have been one […]
Read MoreCollege admissions officials, at least those from competitive colleges, are having great difficulty choosing whom to admit among the vast number of qualified candidates. While getting top grades is always critical for college admissions, school officials have told me that they have a difficult time deciphering whether a student with a A- average from […]
Read More“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.” […]
Read MoreYears 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 […]
Read MoreYears ago, when I started The Learning Consultants, I was hired by parents who would lead conversations with the immediate problem: “Jared has a C in math.” As we started talking, the parents would then note that the problem was larger than math: “I think he needs to develop study skills.” From there, we would […]
Read MoreBeyond 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 […]
Read MoreRyan’s mother had called when signing up for SAT class. She had the exasperated voice that I know so well: caring parents who had tried for many years to inspire their child to work harder. Ryan was a tough case. He didn’t listen to either his parents or his teachers. He had struggled through the […]
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