"Study Skills"
An Educational Consultant’s Note on Salisbury School
At Salisbury School (an all-boys boarding school in Salisbury, CT), I met great young men who explained that Salisbury helped them so much in academics, athletics, visual and performing arts. A common thread ran through al of their comments; they all learned how to study, take notes, write papers, and play great sports. Beyond academics [...]
Read MoreCatching up with my St. Paul’s School Student
At St. Paul’s School I visited with a student whom I helped with placement. A tenth grade boarder, he came from a junior boarding school. With boarding school already under his belt, his transition has been smooth both academically and socially. He arrived at SPS with study skills and organizational skills all in place. He [...]
Read MoreThe Data Bites Again: What We Really Know, and Don’t Know, About Study Skills
Study Skills classes have become de riguerer over the past 20 years. What seems to have started as fireman’s approach (quick and simple/fix the issue) to get students up and learning when they arrived in high schools less than fully prepared to do the work has become a line of warp in the educational tapestry- [...]
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