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Regular readers may have noticed that a bunch of new posts about education, high school, college and success appeared on this website. The posts from my former site, High School, College Success!, about the influence of elite colleges have on our high schools, and how it is damaging our children – especially our brightest and most motivated – now appear here.
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If you’ve decided to send your kid off to college this fall, the risks of the coronavirus Covid pandemic may mean that there are some extra items that you want to add to your kid’s college packing list. I’ve put together a list of items I’m sending with my girls.
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My posts about my latest thoughts on the educational system, college, and the college application process have moved from HighSchoolCollegeSuccess.com, and are now on my this blog, MomBehindtheCurtain.com.
Most of the ones having to do with education will be under the Education tab in the table of contents at the top of the webpage.
But also, if your interested in reading proficiency and kids books, check out my 96+ best books lists for kids divided by age and grade level and more information about kids books.
Eventually I will fold all of HighSchoolCollegeSuccess.com into my Mom Behind the Curtain blog, but for quick reference here are my latest posts about education and reading on Mom Behing the Curtain. I hope you find something that interests you!…
Anyone familiar with my frustration with the flaws of the PSAT being used to identify elite students who qualify for large scholarships as National Merit Scholars, and the damaging effects of the College Board high volume AP classes, might be surprised that I would come out in defense of the SAT. But like most things in life, the issue of college entrance exams – part of the bigger standardized testing debate – is not black and white. There are pros and cons to the SAT, as well as the ACT and other standardized tests. There are some very good arguments for keeping the SAT, including one that I haven’t seen discussed – a way in which the SAT and ACT are effective at identifying smart students that might otherwise be overlooked. I’ll use my family’s personal experiences to illustrate this point.
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Where should I go to college? Thousands of seniors across the United States are asking that question right now. And one of them is in my house! Our youngest child is in the process of applying to college. Since this is our third round, I’ve learned a few things going through this process. If you’re as old as I am, you might be shocked to learn that most kids these days apply to between 6 – 12 colleges. If you don’t know where to begin, through my research and experience I’ve got a few guidelines to help get started with a college application list that won’t end up with your kid living in your basement after graduation.
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There’s no other way to look at it, the cost of a university or college education is high! Even though we knew it was high and getting higher, we were still shocked by how much tuition increased in just the two years between when our oldest started college and our second child started the same college. Why does college or a university education cost so much? Where does all that money go?
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The ongoing legal proceedings of celebrities like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are keeping the college admissions scandal. and college admissions in general, in the news. It spotlights practices in the college admissions process that elite schools don’t want you to know. But their secrets are out! And they don’t just affect students applying to elite colleges. You might be thinking (or hoping) that the college admissions scandal has no affect on your child, but it does. The college admission practices of elite schools affect just about every child in school – every child in America.
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I’m still following the college admissions scandal. I can’t look away. Not because I’m interested in the personal tragedies of the celebrity families of Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, but because of what it reveals about the college admission and selection process. You might be thinking (or hoping) that the college admissions scandal has no affect on your child, but it does. And it doesn’t just affect those students planning on applying to elite colleges. The college admission practices of elite schools affect just about every child in school – every child in America.
Main Building (or The Tower) on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin against a cloudy sky. This clock tower was completed in 1937 and is a main focal point of the campus.
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