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Press Releases
- 09 June 2011 – Homework Made Simple wins Benjamin Franklin Award
Ann Dolin in the News
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ADHD and Homework Struggles: A Chat with Ann Dolin, M.Ed.Ask the Expert: Ann answers questions in the April 2012 issue of CHADD's Attention Magazine.
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Exhausted Parent Network
Ann speaks with Stacey Powells of The Exhausted Parent Network about raising children with different learning styles.
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See our mention in Parenting Magazine and Men's Health
- How to help your kids with homework (Parenting)
- Help your kid ace her homework (Men's Health)
- Washington Post: Organizing a homework space for special-needs children
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See Ann's feature interview on News Channel 8
On June 23, 2011, Ann was interviewed on the program Let's Talk Live. She describes ways to keep children learning and active over the summer.
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Ann appears on Parents' Perspective radio show
Ann discusses tutoring, homework, and the roles that parents play on the Parents' Perspective radio show with hosts Linda Perlis and Sandra Burt. -
Radio Interview with Ann Dolin
On September 8, 2010, Ann was interviewed about her new book on The Morning Drive on AM800 CKLW. - Viva Tysons: Former Fairfax County teacher publishes book addressing homework challenges
- Vienna Connection: From teacher to tutor to author, Oakton woman helps parents and children win homework battles
- Washington Post: Accidental entrepreneur learns ABCs of success with tutoring business
- Vienna Times: Learning Center Opens in Vienna
- Sun Gazette: Vienna Company Grows From Single Tutor to More Than 100
Organizing a homework space
for special-needs children
For children with special needs or mild learning disabilities, homework often becomes a responsibility shared with their parents. Mom or Dad may spend an hour or two helping them complete math problems, and all the teacher sees is the A paper turned in the next day.
"Oftentimes [these students] kind of fly under the radar screen because parents help them so much at home," says Ann Dolin, a former Fairfax special-education teacher and founder of the local tutoring service Educational Connections. "Lots of times kids come back to school with a beautiful paper. Everything's done. The teacher has no idea what it took to get that child to do it."
Read more…Accidental entrepreneur learns
ABCs of success with tutoring business
Ann Dolin became an entrepreneur when her husband put her on an allowance.
It was 1998, and the former Fairfax County public school teacher had just given birth to her first son. She was 29, ambitious and not crazy about living on a $500-a-month handout from her husband for groceries, lunches, diapers, formula, and everything else she needed to run a household — including her own discretionary spending.
"That wasn't going to cut it," she said. "I knew I could bring in money through tutoring, and it was something I truly loved."
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