Who Knows

08/19/2025

When I helped my son with his college essay, I realized what he needed wasn’t tips and tricks to look like “the perfect applicant” — it was space to uncover his authentic story.

That inspired this new project of Who Knows, LLC: a College Application Essay Writing Workshop in Portchester. Over four small-group sessions (Sept 3, 8, 10 & 15, 7–8:30 PM), students will get past writer’s block, expand their ideas, learn to craft their story to make an impact, and leave with a strong draft. Pilot cost: $285. Led by Wendy K. Mages, poet, author, and professor at Mercy University.

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11/08/2018

I learned about Jane Elliott's teachings almost 2 decades ago. At the time, I was a new teacher, and on a whim I decided to give her a call. Amazingly, she picked up the phone and had an extended conversation with me and gave me the advice I sought. She is amazing, she is real, she is generous, and she has a message for all of us.

Jane Elliott wanted to teach her third graders an important lesson about race and equality. Nearly 50 years later, she's still teaching.

09/18/2018

Research shows that an emphasis on memorization, rote procedures and speed impairs learning and achievement 

08/17/2018

The woman behind growth mindset wants to set the record straight on what her research is really asking parents and educators to do.

03/03/2018

Like my dad did for me, I shower my son with Mathematician Love. That’s when the person helping you believes in you so much that he holds you hostage until you show you’ve learned it. He is willing to wait as long as it takes for you to do it, because he knows you can. You could be nine yea

12/07/2017

Throwback Thursday: an article by Marilyn Burns, circa 1994, about teaching arithmetic.

What do you think? Is it important to allow children the opportunity to invent alrgorithms? Or is learning multiple algorithms enough? Or is just one enough?

12/04/2017

Great teachers melt my heart!

11/24/2017

Here are some fun math-related games you can play with your 3-6 year old, along with some tips for mathematical conversations you can have with your child to enhance math skills.

Once children have developed basic pre-math skills, they begin to learn the concept of number and counting. Here are some engaging games that can help with that, and tips on how you can push your child's thinking while playing these games. Early Counting Games The classic Chutes and Ladders and Cand

11/21/2017

Help your child develop math skills through play and conversation!

In the early years learning s primarily play-based. There are a myriad of "educational" toys out there that expose children to letters, numbers, shapes, animals, etc. But mere "exposure" is not enough...the act of building towers with blocks that happen to have letters on them mi

11/20/2017

I hope your school year has gotten off to a great start! Here's another tip for how to help your child become a problem-solver!

When my kid was born, I went on a shopping spree for toys that are both engaging and educational. I spent hours combing through Amazon, looking for 5-star-rated, non-BPA-laced, guaranteed-lead-free toys—the stacking blocks with numbers on the sides, the beads on rods, the healthy-crunchy hand-made w

10/10/2017

Save approximately 27.27273% when you sign up for our Beyond Counting (Age 3-Kindergarten) workshop before Thursday, 10/19!

This is the first workshop in the series, Understanding New Math (K-2). We know that knowing the names of numbers and counting are foundational to math...but what's after that? This workshop discusses the nuances of how children learn the about nature of numbers, as well as activities and conversati...