washingtonpost.com - Class StruggleClass StruggleRound 2: College Courses vs. AP Tests- April 23, 2005 My Dec. 14 column, "Why Colleges Think They Are Better Than AP," brought a flood of e-mails.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A449-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_education/column... How to Pick a College That Cares if You Graduate- April 23, 2005 That appears to be snow falling outside my kitchen window, but I know spring will soon be here, and another 2 million high school juniors, with their fretful parents, will be out looking for the right college.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53751-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_education/colum... 'You Can't Make Me Earn the Diploma'- April 23, 2005 Jay Mathews spent two years trying to find out how an ordinary American school had such success with the demands of IB. Teachers drove home the point, again and again and again, that hard work had its rewards.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16949-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Seven Reasons NOT to Fear the New SAT- April 23, 2005 I have never been as frightened as I was that day my senior year of high school when I forgot to check the clock and realized I did not have enough time to read and answer all the questions that were left on my SAT test.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17748-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_education/colu... How to Ace the SAT Essay in 6 Easy Steps- April 23, 2005 I wrote the headline above myself, part of the thrill of pretending to be dispensing advice that will lead all young Americans to their collegiate promised land.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62544-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Our 26 Most Dangerous Schools and Other Fables- April 23, 2005 It is awards time. Soon they will be picking the Golden People's Choice Academy Primate of the Year, or whatever. So why not have a prize for the most amusing and instructive educational graphic We have many fine charts and maps in The Washington Post that I would be tempted to nominate, except that I keep thinking about a small, unobtrusive graphic map of the United States on page S7 of the Dec. 8 issue of Education Week.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46968-2005Jan4.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Critic Responds on the AP Debate- April 23, 2005 Today's guest columnist is William Casement, the former college philosophy professor whose article on the worth of high school Advanced Placement courses has been the subject of three of my columns so far.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43834-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_education/colu... College Financial Aid for Dummies (Like Me)- April 23, 2005 I confess a great weakness in my coverage of the college admissions game: I am not smart enough, or patient enough, to plow through all the worksheets of the financial aid process. Nonetheless, I have stumbled upon something that seems rudimentary enough for me to understand, and important enough to take a closer look.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16130-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_education/colu... College vs. AP -- the Backlash- April 23, 2005 Tammy Dunn, a recent Alabama teacher of the year, has an Advanced Placement biology class at Spain Park High School in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham. Her daughter recently completed the introductory biology course at one of her state's largest and best undergraduate institutions. Dunn scoffs at the notion in my Dec. 14 column that AP courses in high school such as the one she teaches aren't as good as college introductory courses such as the one her daughter took.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25693-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_education/colu... A Feverish Reaction to Teenage Drinking- April 23, 2005 As my editors will tell you, I tend to get distracted. I will start to write an article about, say, New Zealand, and find myself 500 words later in Greenland, with no way to get back. So it is not so surprising that I am only now dealing with the feverish reaction I got to column I wrote 10 months ago, "Why You Shouldn't Teach Moderate Drinking".http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36558-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_education/colu... |