education Archives - The Learning Consultants

13 Apr

Solving your children’s high stakes education questions

“Thank you. We were stuck in analysis paralysis.” Lydia, a mom from Guilford, Connecticut noted after we sorted out which college of the three finalists it made the most sense for her daughter to attend. In the same week, Emily, whose child was debating between attending Guilford High School and The Hopkins School for high […]

24 Oct

Helping Your Children Feel Better About Themselves: The Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian Problem

General Education Advice

We have been helping the emotional development of young adults since our inception in the early 2000s. Jean Card, our lead Student Mastery coach, has created an Academic Therapy framework that has helped our students in flourish both academically and emotionally. My work – while ostensibly on all the concrete areas of college counseling, […]

6 Sep

The Looming Education Disaster

General Education Advice

I have been educating students for 2 decades in Shoreline, Connecticut. Pre-pandemic, I noticed that students did not seem as strong as in the past. I can describe the reasons in greater depth for anyone interested in boring lecture! But I can sum up quickly with the obvious: social media/texting/video-games/YouTube/every other astonishing distraction…. Let me […]

18 Dec

Education in the time of Covid

General Education Advice

A recent study from McKinsey – which some of you know as having the best and brightest consultants – concluded what most anyone who is far from the best and brightest already know: our children’s education is being decimated during Covid. 20 years ago, I started teaching college classes online. Online teaching was revolutionary at […]

20 Jun

Connecticut Covid Summer: Help Your Children Build Themselves

General Education Advice

There will be an education gap. But this gap will not be exclusively due to Covid creating three months of terrible schooling for most. Instead, there will be a distinct gap between those children who developed themselves during Covid and those that did not. And, of course, while parents cannot take all the credit or […]

13 Apr

The Distance Learning Education Gap

General Education Advice

There are many victims of the Coronavirus. Unquestionably, the health and economic consequences pose the most significant challenges. But education is next. There will be a huge educational gap between students who used this time effectively and those that don’t. In the geographic areas that we serve in Connecticut and Westchester Counties, we, for the […]

29 May

Connecticut Summer Educational Programs

General Education Advice

If I had to recommend one book for parents to read on education, I might recommend Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell studied the “greats” – those out on the edges of performance – and revealed what The Learning Consultants has promised Connecticut parents for years: greatness comes through work character. There is a lot to be said […]

education

Solving your children’s high stakes education questions

Helping Your Children Feel Better About Themselves: The Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian Problem

The Looming Education Disaster

Education in the time of Covid

Connecticut Covid Summer: Help Your Children Build Themselves

The Distance Learning Education Gap

Connecticut Summer Educational Programs

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