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A selection of recent articles about Brownstone Tutors.

Photo from NY Times
From New York Times

A Hamptons Summer: Beach, Horses and SAT Prep

Elenore Simotas, 17, would like to have been painting. Or walking on the beach, or maybe swimming in the pool, which is just beyond the wisteria-covered portico at the entrance to her family’s artsy, sun-drenched Bridgehampton barn.

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Joshua Brown, from Avenue Magazine
From Avenue Magazine

Ten Year Tenure

Now celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Brownstone boasts more than 60 active tutors. They travel to students’ homes throughout the city to prep students for the SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, SHSAT and AP exams (among others) as well as to help them with their schoolwork across the curriculum.

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The test preparation industry
From AM NY

The test preparation industry is scrambling to adapt to the new Specialized High School Admissions test

The city’s Department of Education put community groups and test-prep partners on notice last week, when it instructed principals to send the notification home in students’ backpacks…

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From New York Times

Some Tutors Are Shouldering a Wider Load

KATERINA BARNES was two weeks into her freshman year at New York University when she began to feel anxious and overwhelmed. There was so much to do: navigate a new city, register for classes, find classrooms, buy books.

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