Class Struggle: July 26, 2009 - August 1, 2009
What the SAT-optional Colleges Don’t Tell You
I don’t much like the SAT. When the SAT-optional movement began to gain momentum a few years ago, I cheered. Dozens of colleges told their applicants that if they didn’t want to submit their SAT or ACT scores, they didn’t...
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July 31, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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Harvard Schmarvard: A Small College Shines
This will be the first in an occasional series of blog postings on little-known colleges that prove their worth. My 2003 book Harvard Schmarvard argued that the big name schools don't provide a better education than the little name...
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Jay Mathews
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July 28, 2009; 6:22 PM ET |
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Admissions 101: Can Acerbic Students Make Good Teachers?
In his Friday column, Jay Mathews wrote about Michele Kerr, username Cal_Lanier on the boards, a California teacher who was nearly thrown out of Standford University's Teacher Education Program (STEP) for blogging about her anti-progressive (thus anti-Stanford) ideals during her...
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Sarah Mimms
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July 28, 2009; 2:30 PM ET |
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AP Wars: School Board Member vs. Teachers
I received an email recently from the member of a school board in an affluent American suburb. I don't usually allow anonymous comment on this blog, but in the AP wars---the national fight over how many students are allowed...
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Jay Mathews
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July 27, 2009; 6:44 PM ET |
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Barring Gifted But Poor Students from College
I try to stay away from the New York Review of Books. It is a trap for aimless readers like me. I may enjoy a piece on the last Khan of Mongolia. But that makes me want to sample...
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Jay Mathews
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July 27, 2009; 3:18 PM ET |
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