by Gretchen | Jul 6, 2020 | Academic Coaching
There’s so much that students don’t have control over in their school lives.So how do parents, teachers, and academic coaches try to protect their sense of control? Is that even an important thing to try and do?Last week I introduced that in July,...
by Gretchen | Jun 30, 2020 | Academic Coaching
?Yes. I know it might seem weird. Alternatives to policing and academic coaching have something in common?! But first a little background, about policing! A little over a year ago I started attending a monthly workshop series called Alternatives to Policing....
by Gretchen | Jun 16, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Last week an email from a white colleague landed in my in-box. I couldn’t ignore it. That evening there was going to be an online Town Hall entitled “Reimagining Small Business: A town hall to listen, learn and commit to building equitable, anti-racist...
by Gretchen | Jun 15, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Summer is the best time to write your college admissions essays! So how should you get started? Megan walks you through four steps including: Get organized — know what schools, what questions, how many unique essays and short answers you need.Recognize that HOW you...
by Gretchen | Jun 10, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Expecting a cute little study skills video this week? Sorry, but not sorry. Those are on hiatus for the summer, and will be back in August. There’s something more important for us to talk about as a community. Today I want to uplift a black healer and author who is...
by Gretchen | Jun 3, 2020 | Academic Coaching
On Monday of this week, I had the honor of being led by black students from Oakland Technical High School.Under their leadership, we walked and chanted — 15,000 people strong! — several miles from their high school to the Oakland police station. We...
