In her late 30s, she entered the reading education department of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Education at Yeshiva University in New York City, where she received an Ed.D in 1980, with a dissertation on Noah Webster and his blueback speller.
In her late 30s, she entered the reading education department of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Education at Yeshiva University in New York City, where she studied with Lawrence Kasdon, Susan Sardy, and Moshe Anisfeld. She received an Ed.D. in 1980, with a dissertation on Noah Webster and his blueback speller.