Ivywood Tutors

08/25/2024

Focus on process 👏👏

With adjustments to the way we teach students to think about writing, we can shift the emphasis from product to process

04/25/2024

One of the best educational and life experiences I've had, so much so that my sister and three of my cousins followed suit in attending the Maine Coast Semester! If you have a freshman or sophomore in high school, I urge you to look into it :)

A transformational academic semester program for college-bound high school juniors. Discover an education that is more than book deep.

03/09/2024

https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/03/phone-free-schools-movement-parents-teenagers.html

The biggest obstacle to my students’ focus comes from outside the room.

01/18/2024

We also do interview coaching and have helped several of our students succeed in internship/job interviews in a variety of fields.

Managers say younger job applicants are floundering. Are they slacking off or resistant to a flawed system?

12/14/2023

More perspective and depth on the process!

We don’t know enough to know for sure.

05/29/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/29/what-if-nobody-is-bad-at-maths

When I teach five-year-olds the subject they typically scream with excitement. Here’s how to stop maths-phobia setting in

12/31/2020

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/son-makes-careless-errors-math-school.html

He knows the math but works too quickly.

07/24/2020

04/13/2020

Nothing better than summer 'neath the pines of Winona.

“We felt like our son would be experiencing something new and were happy to give him the chance to step out of his comfort zone in a safe and fairly controlled environment with truly invested and passionate adult role models. We think our son emerged from camp confident and proud. He seemed reflective and excited about trying new things.”
- 2019 Winona Parent
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03/12/2020

Keep your kids academically engaged during the Covid-19 school hiatus! We're tutoring remotely and always ready to develop independent work that aligns with a student's interests!

01/15/2020

A great open-source textbook site!

Study for your courses by downloading OpenStax's wide selection of free textbooks and using our accompanying resources.