There’s a lot of advice out there when it comes to the college essay. We know all about it. We read it. We hear it. Some share templates for writing stand-out college essays. (Email templates are useful; essay templates don’t work!) Others promise that if your students answer a bunch of specific questions, they’ll be Read More
Hey Hollywood, how about a new television show called “So You Think You Can Be A Professional Athlete?” The stats aren’t encouraging. According to http://www.ncaa.org there are a few million high school athletes, more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes, and fewer than two percent of them will go pro in their sports. The probability of competing Read More
A webinar on Financing Education & Economic Opportunity will take place virtually on February 25th on 12:30 PM EST. Student Debt Impact explores how unprecedented borrowing disproportionately burdens BIPOC students and their families, how it exacerbates the racial wealth gap, and how to create models of higher education financing that provide pathways to economic opportunity. Read More
It is estimated that more than 17 million people will call in sick today after watching the Super Bowl yesterday. So there is no better time than today to discuss the Monday Blues. If you feel depressed, annoyed, overwhelmed, sluggish, and tense at the beginning of a working week, you are probably dealing with a Read More
If you want to make a better college list, don’t limit your potential list of colleges to just schools you have heard of. There are over 1,600 four-year US colleges-there is no reason to start off with a short list of five institutions. Having a larger list of colleges opens up opportunities you haven’t even Read More
Taking a year off after high school or a “gap year” has become an increasingly popular and accepted decision here in the United States. In Europe, Australia and New Zealand, gap year experiences have long been considered one of many traditional options. I was unsuccessful in my efforts to convince my own children of the Read More
Education Dive recently provided some insight regarding online learning as we move forward in a future post-COVID world. Here is their recent Dive Insight on the subject: Districts have invested millions of dollars during the pandemic to deliver distance learning to students. Now that the infrastructure is in place, stakeholders realize it would be wasteful to Read More
Do you work with rising 9-12 graders who are interested in STEM careers? If so, they may be interested in participating in an award-winning national program called Catalyst. Catalyst Virtual Open House for Summer 2021 and School Year 2021-2022 Saturday, February 20th at 10 a.m. RSVP at: https://forms.gle/naVg9yPkZFXJw8n39 More About Catalyst Catalyst was founded five years Read More
The Perfecting The Craft scholarship is an annual $500 scholarship designed to help propel students to become masters of their craft. Red Label is asking students to give them a glimpse of their craft. To show them what it is you’re passionate about and how you’re working to perfect it. Submissions can be in any Read More
Last month, I had an interesting conversation with our intern, Sammy, a bright and delightful University of Michigan junior and English major. He’s a voracious reader who likes to write, too. (Full disclosure: He’s also the son of my business partner, Susan Knoppow). As part of his job, Sammy – who was a Wow student when Read More
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