It's a new world and NYC private schools are preparing for reopening. In A Guide to Reopening NYC’s $50,000-a-Year Elite Private Schools Amanda Gordon of Bloomberg writes, <Unlike NYC public schools>, Its smaller and richer private schools have no such problems with money or resources. Instead, at $50,000 a year or more, these schools must … Continue reading NYC Private Schools Prepare for Reopening Fall 2020
How to Prepare for the Thinking & Engagement (T&E) Assessment
Our friend Karen Quinn, co-founder of http://www.TestingMom.com , sent us this invaluable intel for AbacusMom readers. ** Recently, 27 independent schools in New York City announced that they would be giving the Thinking & Engagement Test to assess students for admissions to kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year. Schools participating in this exam are Allen-Stevenson, Berkeley … Continue reading How to Prepare for the Thinking & Engagement (T&E) Assessment
Avenues School Ready for 2020 Pandemic Teaching
The most expensive high school in America may have the best reopening strategy says Jessica Dickler of CNBC. Dickler writes: By offering online school, tutoring and a Hamptons outpost, Avenues “has come up with three real possibilities,” Emily Glickman of Abacus Guide Educational Consulting said. Of course, all of that comes at a big cost. … Continue reading Avenues School Ready for 2020 Pandemic Teaching