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The latest from my education blog:

The Secret to Better Writing The most common mistake I see in students’ writing is trying to cram too many ideas into each sentence. They write a decent sentence, but then they don’t stop. They continue the sentence with a rambling series of phrases that add so many additional ideas that the reader gets lost. Suddenly, what...

Murphy's Law for Teenagers:
“Anything that CAN be interpreted as judgment WILL be interpreted as judgment.”
(3-minute read)

The Judgment Trap We tried not to sound judgmental. We didn’t mean to be judgmental. But the kid still felt judged, so they got defensive or shut down in shame. We’d hoped for a productive conversation. We just wanted to help them be more successful. We tried to tread lightly because we knew it could be a touchy ...

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I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for the Time We Discuss podcast, which is all about different careers. We discussed how I became a private tutor and what that's like. If you're curious, check it out here:

A Day in the Life of a Private Tutor | Behind the Scenes, Getting Started with a Tutoring Business In this segment of "Time We Discuss" I look at what it's like to start and run a with ...

The latest from my education blog:

Everything Bad About Homework is Good Think of all the things you don’t like about homework: it’s hard, it’s time-consuming, it’s annoying, it’s boring. All of these supposedly bad things are actually good. Don’t believe me? Let’s break it down. Homework is Hard Good. It’s supposed to be hard. Doing challenging mental wo...

My latest:

Try This One Weird Trick to Overcome Resistance to Homework You don’t like to be told what to do. Parents tell you to do chores. Teachers assign homework. Ugh. These out-of-touch grown-ups tell you what to do, and your brain responds by generating massive, seemingly unreasonable amounts of resistance. Don’t worry. You’re not alone. This is completely n...

The latest from my education blog:

Why Doing Your Homework is Good Manners Your dad tells you to mow the lawn. Your elderly neighbor asks for your help moving a piece of furniture. Your aunt says you need to use a coaster rather than putting your La Croix directly on the coffee table. What do these all have in common? These are all reasonable requests made by well-meaning....

Here's my write-up on the new digital SAT:

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The latest from my education blog:

A Shortcut to Becoming a Better Writer The primary way to become a better writer is to write, but there is a shortcut: reading good writing, specifically popular nonfiction.

Here's a little taste of what you'll get in our summer parenting course.

How parents can use "Meta Modeling" with Habit Coach Chris Loper [Audio] Once in a while I feel inspired to record a conversation with a fellow coach on a topic that is important to our work. This past week I had a really great chat with my friend, Chris Loper, about how we use Meta Modeling as a core coaching strategy to model the executive functioning skills of metacog...

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