Executive Function Expert | Educator | Founder | Media Contributor
Aron Boxer, M.Ed., S.P.E.
Special educator turned founder. Seventeen years helping students and adults get started, stay on plan, and follow through, and a national voice on how kids actually learn.
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About Aron
Aron Boxer left a career in financial services in Midtown Manhattan to teach special education. He spent seven years in the Greenwich Public Schools, served as Director of Special Services at Greenwich Catholic School, and in 2009 founded Diversified Education Services, where he still coaches students himself.
Today he is a regular national voice on education, parenting and policy, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and the author of a book in progress, Surrender to Win. A lifelong Greenwich resident and Brunswick School alumnus, he chairs the Greenwich Special Education Advisory Council. Read the full story.
2009
Founded Diversified Education Services
50+
Coaches and tutors on the DES team
M.Ed., S.P.E.
Special Education, Southern Connecticut State University
Forbes
Member, Forbes Coaches Council
Recent appearances
A regular national voice on education, parenting, and student success.
Forbes Coaches Council
How To Build Organic Emotional Connections With Customers As A Leader
What Aron speaks on
Executive function, explained
What it looks like in a real student or adult, and what actually helps.
Parents who help too much
Why the best support is built to come down.
Phones, AI and the classroom
Phone bans, AI policies, and what they mean for kids and parents.
College costs and student loans
FAFSA changes, defaults, and the transition to college.
Education policy and politics
The Department of Education, budget cuts, and the special education teacher shortage.
Gifted and twice-exceptional kids
Why very bright students refuse the work, and what schools miss.
The Book
Surrender to Win
Aron is writing Surrender to Win, a book on how parental over-helping can undermine a child’s executive function development, and why the best support is built to come down.
Contributor
Forbes Coaches Council
As a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Aron contributes to Forbes expert panels on leadership, coaching, and performance. Read his contributions.
Founder since 2009
Diversified Education Services
Aron founded Diversified Education Services in Greenwich in 2009. Today its team of more than fifty coaches and tutors provides executive function coaching and academic support to K-12 students, college students and adults in Connecticut, New York and South Florida, and online.
Media and booking
For interviews, speaking, and media requests, contact James Lambert at Rubenstein Public Relations.
Families seeking executive function coaching or tutoring, visit diversifiededucationservices.com.