JEFF KENT, ESQ.

Jeff is a former attorney and father of three. He has more than 20 years of tutoring and teaching experience, including elementary, middle and high school, as well as college and law school students. He has also coached girls and boys soccer, football, and baseball for middle school through college club level. Jeff currently teaches Post-AP Advanced Mathematical Topics, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science at a Magnet high school in Cobb County and has also taught AP Seminar, AP Research, Pre-Calculus, and Algebra. He is AP teacher-certified in Computer Science, Economics, American Government, Seminar, Research, Calculus (AB and BC), and Statistics. Jeff helped to revise the Georgia Mathematics Standards for the Georgia Department of Education and led a team to develop four new high school courses in Georgia: Linear Algebra with Computer Science Applications, Differential Equations, Data Science and Advanced Data Science. He has led numerous seminars for the Cobb County Board of Education, the Georgia Department of Education, the American Statistical Association, and the College Board (makers of AP Exams and the SAT) to teach AP teachers how to better teach advanced classes. Jeff has been nominated several times by his high school colleagues for “Teacher of the Year.” He has also been nominated for and won the “Above and Beyond” teaching award, which is decided by the students of his school, for giving his time and talents to help encourage the students. He has twice been nominated and is currently a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, a national award given to fewer than 100 teachers each year.

Current Interests:  reading, walking, and coaching youth sports.

Education

• University of Georgia, BS, Scholastic All-American

• University of Georgia School of Law, JD

  • Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Notes Editor, Editorial Board