...For five years, I was a collegiate learning assessment evaluator and trainer of critical analysis and communications skills with the Council for Aid to Education in NYC. I judged writing effectiveness, writing mechanics, critical analysis, and problem solving skills. I also taught at The Englis... (read more)
...Research supports the active teaching of handwriting. Recent findings demonstrate that writing by hand improves creative writing skills and fine motor skills. In fact, elementary students have been found to write more and faster by hand than when keyboarding. (read more)
...The PSAT, which is also the NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test), is given to juniors, but there are also versions of the PSAT given in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. In October 2023, the PSAT will switch to a new digital format, and I have already been preparing students for that test... (read more)
...I have experience tutoring dozens of students in History, including AP-level courses. My students regularly see their grades raise by a full letter grade. A Yale graduate, I have a BA and an MA in History. (read more)
...I am a firm believer that a good education is the best means to wisdom and success, however you define either. I was not a good student when I was a student, and I understand how hard it can be to study and put work in when you have no personal connection to the subject. In the year before movi... (read more)