Speaking and commentary
Straight talk on how kids actually learn
Aron brings seventeen years in classrooms, resource rooms and kitchens to every conversation. He speaks in plain language, takes a position, and is comfortable with the policy and political side of an education story when it belongs there.
Topics
Executive function, explained
What executive function looks like in a real student or adult: not starting, not tracking, not finishing. Why it is a skills problem, not a character problem, and what actually helps.
Parents who help too much
The thesis of his book in progress, Surrender to Win: well-meaning over-helping keeps kids from building the skills they need. Support should be scaffolding, and scaffolding comes down.
Phones, AI and the classroom
Phone bans and why families should stop negotiating. What AI has done to academic integrity, and what New York City’s K-8 AI ban gets right and wrong.
College costs and student loans
FAFSA changes, defaults, collections and wage garnishment, and what a family should do before signing anything. Covered on CBS New York, FOX 5, NTD and The Hill.
Education policy and politics
The Department of Education, federal oversight, budget cuts, the special education teacher shortage, and school choice. A former public school teacher’s view of what Washington can and cannot fix.
Back to school and transitions
Avoiding September meltdowns, the summer learning gap, the move from middle to high school, and the jump to college, including medical leave and academic probation.
Gifted and twice-exceptional kids
Why very bright students with ADHD or other differences refuse the work they consider beneath them, and why schools handle the academics but not the behavior.
Adults with neurodivergence
Executive function does not end at graduation. Life skills, routines and follow-through for college students and adults, and what families of adult children can do.
Talking to kids about hard news
How parents and teachers can help children process school tragedies, community loss, and anniversaries like 9/11, without a script and without a moment of silence doing the work for them.
Formats
- Television: live and taped, in studio or remote. Regular guest on NTD, CBS New York, FOX 5 New York, FOX Weather and FOX61.
- Radio and podcasts: conversational, unscripted, 10 to 60 minutes.
- Print and online: quotes on deadline, bylined commentary, and expert-panel contributions.
- Keynotes and panels: parent-education nights, school and PTA events, conferences, and community organizations.
For producers and editors
- Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, with regular time in Manhattan and South Florida. Can be in a New York studio on short notice.
- Speaks from experience as a public school special education teacher, a school administrator, a founder, and a parent.
- Gives a clear take rather than “both sides,” and will engage the policy and political dimensions of an education story.
- Headshot, bios and credential line are in the press kit.
Book Aron
Interview, speaking and media requests go to James Lambert at Rubenstein Public Relations.
