Bio
Jim Cocoros grew up in rural Maryland where he taught himself calculus while home sick for half his junior year. While tutoring and teaching an occasional class in high school, Cocoros learned two things: he loved sharing and explaining problems and it took an enormous amount of time to consider various methods for presenting material.Cocoros is an extremely dedicated teacher: each school year, he fills a spreadsheet with student comments and achievements, allowing him to calibrate the speed and level of each lesson and ensure that every student is keeping up. It also allows him to give individualized college advice and to write finely tuned recommendation letters, about which even college admissions officers rave.When MIT asked its freshmen to name their most influential teacher, nine students named Cocoros. “I have dozens of good teachers,” said Stuyvesant High School Principal Stanley Teitel, “But no one with Mr. Cocoros’ level of energy and student engagement.”Cocoros’ enthusiasm and dedication reaches beyond the
