Experienced educator with nearly two decades in schools.
If you're the parent of a middle schooler at an independent school, the course assignment email for next year either just landed in your inbox or it will soon. And for a lot of families, that email raises a question that's hard to answer from the...
If your child is finishing 4th or 5th grade, there's a phrase about to enter your life that you'll hear constantly for the next few years: executive function. Teachers will use it. Learning specialists will use it. The middle school orientation packet will use it. And...
The placement decision came back, and your child is not in the advanced math class. You believe, calmly and with reason, that they should be. The question now is what to actually do about it. There is a path forward. Schools build appeal processes for a reason, and the summer...
