Remember “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”? This phrase appears to have been developed in the 19th century and was the standard by which learning and educational effectiveness was evaluated. We’ve come a long way from then and we feel it’s time to redefine The Three R’s – The New R’s. Widening Our Approach We’ve widened our […]

Tutoring & Therapy: How Success Coaching Fills The Gap between Tutoring and Therapy Kara, co-founder of Beautiful Minds Coaching for Teenagers, was at the end of her rope last year when her youngest son was a junior in high school. After making some decisions that did not serve him well, he’d lost his way and […]

I remember watching my black lab, Chopper, in the act of vigorously licking himself or eating horse poop or engaging in other pretty disgusting doggy-acts and this occurred to me: he’s just doing what dogs do. Let’s apply that to a teenager who, by nature, will also engage in behavior that is maddening, ridiculous and […]

If you’ve ever endured an emergency, you know those sirens mean help is on the way. No doubt we are in an educational emergency. When I learned that most schools were going to continue the online learning format, my heart stopped. Semester two of 2020 was, in my view as a teacher, parent, and grandparent, […]