It’s rare these days that I have the time and mental capacity to read a book. Like many of us, my attention span has suffered in the social media era. But when I was sent a preview copy of Katie Benner and Erica L. Green’s Miracle Children, I couldn’t put it down! If you love learning the backstory behind scandals, this book is for you. If you’re interested in American education, this story is for you. If you constantly ask “how did we get here” regarding the hunger games of college admission, this book is for you.
Continue reading “Beyond the Headlines: A Review of Miracle Children”HBCU vs HRC: The value of culture
This past week I was talking to a family about college admission and we had a brief venture into the never-ending PWI (predominantly white institution) vs HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) debate. I wanted to bring a few thoughts (really one particular comparison point) about that to the blog . . . so here we are. Let’s go . . .
Continue reading “HBCU vs HRC: The value of culture”Big Tobacco is to ACT as::
One of the things that annoys me most about the testing publishing industry, especially ACT and College Board, is how much it behaves like the Big Tobacco. And not just modern Big Tobacco, but Big Tobacco in the halcyon days of the industry when they had free reign to make mildly supported hyperbolic claims about the benefits of their products.
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Recently, the main villain behind the Operation Varsity Blues (OVB) scandal was released from federal custody after a brief 16 month stint in minimum security detention and has embarked on a reputation rehabilitation tour. With the cooperation of WSJ, ABC, and others, he’s attempting to relaunch a less illegal version of the same business that led to the massive federal investigation that exposed the networking, influence peddling, philanthropy laundering, fraud, and bribery that wealthy people use to get and keep advantages.
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