Applying to College? How to Keep an Open Mind About Where to Go
The admissions official advices parents and students to leave room for the unexpected.
Education
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Is Performing Emotions Online Making It All Meaningless?
J’Nyah is like most high school juniors – she scrolls through TikTok, posts on Instagram for her friends and keeps up with social media pop culture via YouTube videos about influencer updates. But she doesn’t take anything online too seriously.…
If You Want Students to Learn, Don’t Tell Them ‘Pay Attention!’ Try This Instead
Teaching is nearly impossible to do when students aren’t paying attention, especially when there are distractions like smart phones, other students and hallway banter. It’s easy to get frustrated, but Andrew Watson wants to shift the blame away from students.…
Why One Reading Expert Says ‘Just-right’ Books Are All Wrong
Timothy Shanahan, a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has spent his career evaluating education research and helping teachers figure out what works best in the classroom. A leader of the National Reading Panel, whose 2000 report…
How Can We Afford College for 3 Kids?
A financial aid expert at CollegeAdvisor answers a parent’s burning question.
A Financial Aid Expert on the Best Savings and Loan Options to Pay for College
A leader of the Education Finance Council outlines the best ways to save – and pay – for college.
College Admissions: SAT vs. ACT vs. No Standardized Tests?
Should your child submit their scores to test-optional schools? Unfortunately, the answer involves math.
Should Joining Social Media Be Treated Like Getting A Driver’s License?
In 2017, psychologist and researcher Jean Twenge published iGen, a book about the first generation to grow up with smartphones. An excerpt in The Atlantic ran under the headline, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” which drew some backlash for sounding…
Where 35 Famous Fashion Designers Went to College
These top fashion designers didn’t always attend fashion school or study fashion design.
Should AI Chatbots Help Students With Their Mental Health?
Anish Mehta, a computer science engineer, grew up in a culture that he said did not address mental health concerns even when he knew he could have benefitted from therapy. So when he was searching for a new edtech business…