It’s the first day of school. You bring your child with their brand-new backpack loaded down with fresh school supplies and deposit them into the care of a smiling, excited teacher – whom you have only met once or twice. You wonder how their day will go and hope they…
When learning a foreign language, one of the keys to becoming fluent is to speak it every day. In a way, math is its own language, and it’s not news that many students don’t retain their math skills during the summer hiatus from school. Keeping up with math skills…
When children first start learning about subtraction, they learn that it means to “take away”. They start with a given quantity and then “take out” or “take away” the amount being subtracted. Over time, they begin to subtract multi-digit numbers and learn various…
Many students and parents seem to really hate the Common Core. The new strategies can be confusing and unfamiliar, and what we see when parents come to us at BMT is often more struggle than learning. I dug a little deeper into the origins of the Common Core standards…
As a rising senior at NYU, I can still vividly remember my SAT prep. It can be difficult to find the most effective test-prep resources and avoid ostensibly “helpful” ones that are actually just financial sinkholes. You may be asking yourself, should I attend a…
Networking. Just the sound of that word makes me feel excluded. Who wants to network? Why would I want to put myself out there? As much as the word might make me cringe, I often wish that I had known how to talk to people about my passion earlier in life. It not only…
In my 10 years as a college admissions tutor, one of the recurrent questions coming from parents and students has been, “what should I write my essay about?” There is an entire industry built around college essays, including anthologies of essays written by students…
Let’s face it: although middle and high school math isn’t rocket science, teaching middle and high school math to a group of unruly kids, some of whom are a year or more behind, is no easy feat. Some teachers are bound to be significantly more – or…
The Math Hurdle is Psychological and Circumstantial Math anxiety is psychological but it’s not something that ‘just happens’. Students who are afraid of math have real deficiencies – usually through no fault of their own! Since math is a…
When parents fist call for tutoring, many initially ask, “Will you assess my child?” This question is a complex one. The short answer is, “Of course!” The longer answer is the assessment likely won’t look as most parents expect. As tutors, we are continually assessing…