Position with well-respected boutique firm in Mill Valley. Assignments are primarily in Mill Valley but additional (optional) assignments may arise in Pacific Heights, Silicon Valley. Prior experience teaching or tutoring the SAT or ACT through a local, regional, or national test prep/tutoring firm is required. This is a highly compensated Contract Tutoring position. Assignments are […]
Read More »(Inside Higher Education) by Jim Jump. What’s your favorite Steve Buscemi moment? It’s hard to top the wood chipper scene from Fargo, but I’m partial to his definition of irony from Con Air. As a hijacked plane full of escaped convicts takes off with the convicts singing and dancing to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” Buscemi’s character wryly […]
Read More »(Forbes) by Willard Dix. Conscientious teachers at any grade level know how difficult it is to grade students fairly and honestly. Although it may be easier in math and the sciences to put a number on students’ achievements, the questions of effort, ability and overall attitude can color one’s decisions at grading time. Should a […]
Read More »(Atlanta Jewish Times) by Mark L. Fisher. For months, juniors and seniors have been taking the SAT or the ACT. Either will suffice for almost every four-year college that requires an entrance exam. Yes, some colleges are test-optional now. Tutoring agencies have been busy helping some students prepare for these tests, which certainly play […]
Read More »LARRY GORDON/EDSOURCE TODAY Decision day is finally here. The SAT exam and anxious cramming are past. Admissions application essays and financial aid forms were submitted months ago. And the happy acceptances and painful rejections from colleges and universities are in hand. So in recent days, Fernanda Soto and thousands of other California high school seniors […]
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