Year: 2022

Achievement Losses Will Become Permanent If Parents And Community Leaders Rely On Funds From The Rescue Plan To Solve The Gap.

Anew report on pandemic learning loss found that high-poverty schools both spent more weeks in remote instruction during 2020-21 and suffered large losses in achievement when they did so. Districts that remained largely in-person, however, lost relatively little ground. Experts predict the results will foreshadow a widening in measures of the nation’s racial and economic…

‘Extraordinary’ Isn’t Always Enough To Get Into The Ivy League

A star student found herself with a pile of rejection letters from top schools during the most competitive college-applications year on recordKaitlyn Younger has been an academic standout since she started studying algebra in third grade.She took her first advanced-placement course as a freshman, scored 1550 on her SATs as a junior at McKinney High…

Proposals That Could Make College More Expensive

A Substantial Increase In The Pell Grant Could Happen. But The Best Part Of This Proposal: Providing Competitive Grants To States & Colleges That Show EVIDENCE-BASED REFORMS That IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. When Government Provides More Assistance To Help Families Fund The Rising Cost Of College, It Has Been Shown That Colleges Continue To Increase Tuition…

2 Of The 10 College Opportunities That Go Beyond The Classroom

Sharing 2 of the 10 College Opportunities Beyond The Classroom That Benefit Your Student. Credit College Admissions 101 -Robert Franek1. ProjectsProjects are extended problem-solving activities that students can complete solo or in collaboration with a group, like composing a piece of music, writing a business plan, or designing a prototype. Real campus example: At Arizona…

Appealing Financial Aid Is A Smart Idea

Appealing Financial Aid Is Smart. A Few Tips To Make It Effective:1. Write A Letter And Schedule A 1-on-1 Meeting With Their Financial Aid Office.2. Explain In Percentages How Much Your Income Reduced From 2020 to 2021. For Example, “We Experienced A 34% Reduction.” 3. Be Realistic With The Amount You Need To Secure. A…

CollegeBoard To Remake The SAT

It will be going fully digital, shorter (about 2 hours) and no long reading passages will replace the current version. Students will be able to use a calculator on all math sections. Debuting in 2023 with the PSAT and international SAT, the class of 2025 will be the first in the US to be affected.…