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2 Jan

Parenting Boys? A Call To Action

I wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012. It was based on the Student Mastery program that The Learning Consultants created in the early 2000s. That program is designed to train students to succeed in school. I had initially called the program “How to Get Better Grades” but I was delighted that parents responded more to […]

27 Sep

Grade Inflation: The reason why test scores have unofficially become the most important admissions criteria

College Advice, General Education Advice

“A 95 GPA is too low for the colleges you are applying to… ” The mom of a student at a top public school in Shoreline, CT relayed her conversation from an off the record conversation she had with a friend who is a college admissions official at a well-regarded college in Connecticut that claims […]

21 Sep

School Success: The Ability To Deal With Boredom

Student Mastery

“I’m so bored.” “Reading history is so boring.” “I fall asleep in chemistry class.” When I work with students across the Shoreline, Connecticut, I hear different complaints related to boredom. I mention our Connecticut location because we have among the finest school systems in the nation. Due to my work, I know teachers at […]

grades

Parenting Boys? A Call To Action

Grade Inflation: The reason why test scores have unofficially become the most important admissions criteria

School Success: The Ability To Deal With Boredom

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