The Best Reading Tutors in Ridgewood, NY

I am a retired middle school English teacher of 25 years. I have taught and tutored English, Reading, Writing, ESL, Math and Social Studies. As an ELA teacher, I was rated Proficient by the New York State Education Department. I am also an expert in literary analysis, as well as essay writing and editing. I will...See Marc's full profile

Hi! I'm Julie, a math tutor specializing in calculus with over 1,000 of tutoring experience. I have been tutoring since 2021, and while I especially love tutoring calculus, I am also experienced in SAT prep, and I am happy to tutor any K-12 math class as well as college-level linear algebra or DiffEQ. In May 2026, I...See Julie's full profile

I have extensive experience helping students strengthen reading comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronunciation through guided practice and discussion. I work closely with children, teens, and adults who struggle with confidence, pacing, understanding main ideas, and answering questions about what...See Donna's full profile

I am a student with four years of experience tutoring students in reading. My main experience is with English as a Second Language students, whom I have helped get back on track with their classes.See Alexandra's full profile

Hi, I'm Cole. I studied at Harvard and continued on a full scholarship at the University of Oxford, where I taught Ancient Greek for 3 years after graduation. I specialize in college essay writing and admissions consulting, and SAT / ACT prep. Outside of teaching, I like to learn languages (I speak Ancient Greek, Latin,...See Cole's full profile

Hello, I’m Carmen! I completed a dual-degree program at Northwestern University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, and magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Music. Throughout college, I tutored groups of 10 first- and second-year students who were...See Carmen's full profile

My name is Jacqueline and I'm just as excited as you are to get started. If you are looking for a traditional way of learning or perfecting English i.e. long (boring )readings, grammar police tactics and monotonous repetition of phrases and words you'll probably never use again in life then you're...See Jacqueline's full profile

Hi! I'm Julie, an alumna of Princeton University. I have seven years of experience tutoring college and law school application preparation, writing, public speaking, and more. A Bit More About Me: I graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton, and I also received the school's Shapiro Prize for...See Julie's full profile

I know how overwhelming it can be to stare at a writing assignment and not know where to start. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be so difficult. When you work with me, I’ll guide you through the process step by step, helping your ideas come to life on the page. My goal is to make writing clearer and less...See Judith's full profile

I have scored in the 99th percentile (the highest possible score) of every standardized test I have taken, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and IQ tests. I also won national essay writing competitions in high school. For over 20 years, I have tutored thousands of students. I leverage my International Coaching...See Brad's full profile

...literature, and linguistic code-switching in Black literature and memoir. My creative writing studies have given me extensive workshopping experience, and I love to read and edit fiction as well as nonfiction. I achieved grades of 5 on the AP exams in English Language and English Literature, and I achieved a grade of 780 on the...See Emma's full profile

I have extensive experience helping students of all ages and abilities improve their reading comprehension skills. I've taught in the NYC public school system, and have over 5 years of direct tutoring experience. I've worked with young children and adults, advanced and remedial readers, and even...See Michael's full profile

I am a licensed attorney with a specialty in writing and legal research. I love helping students of all ages and educational backgrounds refine and strengthen their writing. I have tutored high school, college, and law students in essay writing, personal statements, legal memoranda, and research papers. My work extends...See Katie's full profile

I graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health —with Distinction —and a 3.9 GPA, before earning my place at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Along the way, I contributed to nine peer-reviewed publications through research collaborations at...See Sasha's full profile

I teach students (from 8th grade through adulthood) how to read in a clear, structured way so they’re actually in control of the material in front of them. By focusing on how sentences and paragraphs are built, students learn to identify the main idea, follow how it develops, and separate what matters from what...See Scott's full profile

LSAT requires a way of thinking that might feel unfamiliar to most. It is not a test of intelligence! It is a test of patterns and structure. I help you develop the skills you will need on test day, such as reading critically, inductive and deductive reasoning, and organizing evidence. I lay the foundation for the...See Sasha's full profile

Hi! For more than a decade, I've helped students achieve perfect scores on their academic papers, and make huge score improvements on the SAT (200+), ACT (10+), GRE (15+ per section). I feel very comfortable with students of any age, gender, or circumstance. I aim to try to make the sessions as enjoyable as possible...See Ian's full profile

This is my fourth year as teacher. Last year I worked as a reading intervention specialist. See Sharice's full profile

Hi! My name is Edith and I would love to be your tutor. A bit about me -- in 2019 I graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Literature from Harvard University, where I was awarded multiple competitive essay prizes in my department and elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In 2023, I earned my Master’s degree...See Edith's full profile

I teach readers to identify main ideas, interpret vocabulary in context, make supported inferences, and discuss texts using evidence, tailoring instruction to their goals and abilities. Through manageable reading sections, visual summaries, flashcards, audio recordings, and guided discussion, I make challenging...See Digby's full profile

Students are motivated by concretely seeing that they can solve questions they struggled with before. For ELA, I teach "epiphanies": tangible realizations that help approach questions consistently and accurately. There are tricks to hack reading and writing that are not taught in schools. I am a firm...See Erica's full profile

Are you staring at the Common App essay prompts and wondering where to begin? Maybe you're not sure which of your life stories will make the strongest essay, or perhaps you already know what you want to write but aren't sure how to put it into words. If that sounds like you, I'm here to help! After graduating from...See Benjamin's full profile

Most of my tutoring has been on how to write a term paper -- how to research it, how to organize it, and how to write it on a sentence by sentence level. When I tutor reading, I do the same things as when I tutor writing. See Avi's full profile

I recently graduated from Georgetown University's English M.A. program (2023), and graduated with a B.A. from Georgetown in English and Art (2022). I received Honors on my English thesis on the role of journalistic ethics in political mass media. I am also a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., and serve as a...See Alexandra's full profile

Next, I attended Columbia's School of the Arts, where I studied writing and literature. I also taught academic writing courses for over two years that focused on reading, analyzing, and writing about literature. Finally, I'm a lifelong reader and lover of literature. See Elliott's full profile