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 […]

In school, children in this country are losing ground every day. Parents struggle to understand links, upload protocols, Zoom rooms, mute buttons and why YouTube is now an educational channel. They’re called on to help with assignments they can’t even comprehend. It reminds me of my own powerlessness in high school when I was forced […]

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, […]