Ned Johnson

Ned Johnson is the founder and president of PrepMatters, an educational tutoring, planning, and test-preparation company in Washington, D.C. A professional tutor since 1993, he has devoted more than 50,000 hours to one-on-one work with students preparing for standardized tests. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Williams College in 1993.

Johnson co-authored The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives, What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home, and The Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Driven Child: A Workbook, all with psychologist William Stixrud. He also hosts The Self-Driven Child Podcast and serves on the boards of CollegeTracks and the Safe Community Coalition.