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School are Discouraging Math Skills: A letter to the Minister of Education by Ethan Kharitonov. Dear Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education: I would like to bring it to your attention that Ontario math curriculum and teaching strategies are preventing student
Education in the Post-Covid World by Maria Gurevich. Congratulations!!! We made it to the end of a very challenging school year. When parents ask me what I think will happen in education post COVID-19, my answer is, more diversification. We
Things Many High School Students Don’t Know About English by Maria Gurevich. I am very lucky to have worked with so many wonderful kids over the years. Some come to me for enrichment classes in elementary school and become good
Why Writing Does Not Improve with Reading by Maria Gurevich. We have all heard this advice, “If you want to improve your writing, just read more.” Parents often call me and say, I don’t know what is wrong with my
How to Unblock Writer’s Block for School Assignments by Maria Gurevich. When a student says, “I could not get out of writer’s block,” it usually means they didn’t do their homework. Then I encourage them to try the steps below
Uplifting Writing and Discussion Prompts by Maria Gurevich. Week after week, I watched my student’s writing become darker and darker, and I tried these therapeutic writing techniques which can also be used as discussion prompts to cheer them up. “Tell
Writing Skills in the Post-Pandemic World by Maria Gurevich. In late 2019, just before the pandemic took over every aspect of life, Forbes Magazine published a list of top 10 skills needed for future jobs. Communication and data analysis or
By Maria Gurevich. It’s great that so many children including my clients are thriving on E-learning and even asking for more work. Not the case at my house. The first few weeks of trying to balance my work and homeschooling
By Anastasia Ovchinnikov. It’s mid-July, scorching hot pavements, the sun is bright and out and the moment you set foot outside you start sweating instantly. I personally love the summer. You get a whole season full of weekend camping/beach trips,
By Maria Gurevich Isolation is tough on kids. We want them to learn. At the same time, in the absence of social interaction, they need fun ways of learning. In an earlier blog post I shared fun writing activities