(The Colgate Maroon-News) By J.J. Citron. The goals of the Common Core system are worthwhile. The initiative strives to create a unified curriculum in an attempt to increase workforce readiness. However, in the process of standardization, states have been subjected to excessive pressures. Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaced and updated the NCLB; […]
Read More »(USA Today High School) By Jaimie Duffek — Picture this: Your child has found a great college. And the good news is the coach is actively recruiting them and ready to talk scholarship dollars. A nice dent in college funding? Sure, you’re down with that. But, as you’re daydreaming about adding again to your retirement […]
Read More »(The Wall Street Journal) By Jillian Berman — The college-application and decision process just got a bit more complicated. That’s because the 2017-2018 college-application cycle marks the first time students and families could apply for federal financial aid in the fall, several months earlier than in the past. The government’s goal in opening the Free […]
Read More »(Forbes) By Willard Dix — I applied to college way back in the dark ages of pens and pencils, paper forms, snail mail and phones with cords and dials. There wasn’t much to it, really: My classmates and I took the SAT once, grimaced at our scores, kept our grades up and applied to college […]
Read More »(North Jersey Record) By Deena Yellin — Student requests for extra time, more breaks or a quieter room when taking the SAT have doubled over the past five years, according to the College Board, which administers the test. That upward trend for these requests — known as accommodations — is likely to continue as the number of children […]
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