“I wake up around 10.  I post something in discussion boards to check-in and get points.  I do my assignments and I’m done around 11:30-12.  Sometimes I do a bit more but I do nothing on the weekends.” So said “Ryan”, one of my students from Lyme-Old Lyme. “What do you do the rest of […]

They won’t.  That’s the sad truth for many. Sure, they will do what’s necessary to get passing grades. But so far, distance learning is proving to be an educational disaster. The Washington Post, Forbes, The New York Times among others have provided initial commentary about the problems. Articles in each concluded that there will be a great […]

Our leadership team has suffered over the appearance of advertising during the Coronavirus. But then the educational news began to point out what we already knew: many students are being short-changed and many parents – worried enough about self-preservation – are starting to worry about their children’s future. How are children losing out? Through the […]

Have you ever taken an online course? Harvard and M.I.T., among other university giants, released Massive Open Online Courses, known as MOOCs, for free to great fanfare a few years ago.  Theoretical educators were deliriously excited by the possibilities. They trumpeted the now level playing field. Anyone could self-educate themselves for free in a similar […]

Outliers, the great book by Malcolm Gladwell highlighted a study that demonstrated (1) the value of supplemental education (education outside the school setting) and (2) the inequality of education. In simple sum, parents from affluent backgrounds – like many in the Connecticut and New York suburbs – were able to supplement the education of their […]

This Washington Post article explains what our children are facing. Among the quotes: “Years of research shows that online schooling is ineffective — and that students suffer significant learning losses when they have a long break from school. Now they’re getting both, in a hastily arranged mess.” …, “the “summer slide” has been studied for […]

“I’m losing my mind.”  That may be the most common refrain that parents – mostly mothers – have led with when calling The Learning Consultants during the Coronavirus lockdown. We can help. In addition to our normal tutoring, which has seamlessly moved online, we are offering an additional service: Student Mastery Organizational-Planning-Accountability Check-ins Our Student […]

I wrote Motivate Your Son eight years ago.  I was initially surprised that readers from across the country would find the book and contact me.  I no longer am since I realize that unmotivated students – particularly boys – is not simply a Connecticut (or New York) problem but a nationwide one, and according to readers […]