Unique Solutions for Unique Learners
All of my classroom teaching experience took place in fully inclusive school settings. As a teacher intern in England, I taught at a primary school that specialized in including students with hearing impairments in the general education classroom. My first head teacher position was at a rural school in Frederick County, Maryland where I taught read more…
Written by Julia Cooke, Creative Writing and Spanish Colleen Kinder is decidedly not a slacker: she’s a Yale professor, a contributor to the New York Times and New York Times Magazine, a Fulbright scholar and MacDowell Colony fellow, and a creative writer whose nonfiction has been anthologized in books published by Random House and The read more…
Written by Laurie Gross and Amy Shapiro Research over the years has shown that oral language development is significant. Historically, children with strong oral language and well developed speaking vocabularies were thought to be the brightest and the most intellectually gifted. Today intelligence is no longer thought of as a fixed state. Current research reveals read more…
The college identification and visiting process can be overwhelming to plan and implement, however, technology, and specifically YouTube, can help narrow down your trips with “visits” to the admissions office, chats with current students and even visits to classes. Click below to read The New York Times coverage of these college planning resources on YouTube read more…
Choosing the right middle school in New York City can be a daunting task, but My Learning Springboard can help. We offer admissions consultation, test preparation programs, private tutoring and much more to help make the transition from elementary to middle school a manageable one. InsideSchools.com posted the blog below in response to the test score read more…
By Grant Bergland From the Regents all the way to passing the Bar Exam to practice Law, tests are part of a student’s life at all ages. The best way to prepare for any test is to use practice exams to re-create, or put more cleverly, Pre-Create the experience you will have on test day. read more…
As a math, accounting, and personal finance tutor, it was a natural fit for me to teach organizational and study skills to high school students. These skills are especially important for recent high school graduates who are beginning their transition from home-based life to self sufficiency at college. Because of that, they need to learn read more…
Sometimes the start to thinking about the college application process can be overwhelming. The article below, written by Donald Chambliss, provides a good starting point for students and their parents. College Basics for High School Juniors By DANIEL F. CHAMBLISS Daniel F. Chambliss is a Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College and read more…
From the New York Times, June 18, 2012: Many fifth graders have walked out the doors of their elementary schools for the last time, or will do so this week, starting new schools in the fall. The transition to middle school can be a blessing or a curse for these young children on the verge of becoming teenagers. read more…
Public school pre-kindergarten admissions results were distributed to families this week by mail and email. Pre-Registration Period If you received a pre-kindergarten offer, the pre-registration period is from June 12 through June 22, 2012. For a list of documents required for pre-registration, please consult your offer letter. Other Pre-Kindergarten Program Options If you did not read more…
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future. The presentation below was given at the Asia Society in 2009. Dr. Wagner quotes Albert Einstein who says, read more…
Over the past few years there have been a number of zoning changes that have been inaccurately accounted for by the DoE and even NYC.gov, making accurate information about public school zoning a challenge to comprehend and verify. Thanks to the team at Mommypoppins.com, these zoning changes have been clarified. Click here to review updated read more…
