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Introducing Michael Kao, Education Consultant, Story-Teller, Believer in Second-Chances.
Personalized K-12 academic support for students ready to chase their dreams! College essay editing, admissions interview prep, and individualized tutoring serving the Bay Area and beyond.
Empowering Futures: Academic Excellence and College Success
There is no question that in this day in age, access to quality education is becoming more scarce while competition has never been higher. M.K. Education is all about combating the juxtaposition between these two realities. Education should be affordable and families should feel like their children’s futures aren’t being gatekept. For parents with busy schedules, it is even harder to come home after a long day and devote even more time catching their children up on missing assignments, projects, and other executive functioning skills that they won’t teach in school. At M.K. Education, we don’t just help our students excel at school, but we ensure that they are also equipped with the life skills they need to succeed in everything they do. We’re not educators who simply clock in then clock out, we take pride in building relationships with our families and we develop individualized plans to help our students chase their dreams. We inspire our students to become the protagonists of their own stories and even more important, leaders of tomorrow.
Are you ready to empower your child?
Meet Your Tutor
A Bay Area native having received his B.A. in English and Literature from UC Berkeley with a perfect GPA, Michael has four years of experience tutoring and working with students K-12, as well as with college students. He crafted English Language curriculums for high schoolers with a focus on formal essay writing features as well as grammatical and stylistic writing competency.
Previously, Michael also worked as a journalist for AsianFeed, the leading media publication site for Asian American news, where his own skills as a writer were challenged during the national pandemic. As a first-generation Asian American, Michael understands more than most how competitive education can be, especially in the Bay Area, and can empathize deeply with the weight of internal and external expectations that students face today.
Our Signature Approach
Michael fosters critical thinking, self-confidence, and agency in his students and enjoys being a long-term and mentor for them. He excels at teaching English to primary and secondary school students, and endeavors to motivate his kids far beyond the bare minimum of their class - his goal is to make everyone a reader and, more importantly, a writer.
Michael also has extensive experience teaching STEM courses from over 10 schools across the Bay Area including both the private and public sectors within education.
In-person and remote options
All in-person sessions can be conducted either from the comfort of your home or at the hub of knowledge—the library! Remote options are also available for parents with busy schedules.
Our services
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FREE First Consultation
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Interview Preparation
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Academic Coaching
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College Assistance
“Michael is one of the few tutors out there that will go the extra mile for your child. He’s a role model for our son and was especially helpful during the college application cycle.”
— Shannon W., M.K Education Client
I’m working on a book! Check out some of my short stories.
Chinese Christmas
Teacher’s Have Feelings Too
A Right to Manhood
What Happened to Michael
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