Changes to Common Application questioned
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For those who don’t know, the Common Application is a not-for-profit organization that provides an admission application that students may submit to any of the more than 450 member colleges and universities that accept it. It was developed in 1975 to help cut down on the number of separate applications and essays a student applying to numerous colleges and universities would have to complete. But as it turns out, even with the Common App, many schools ask for additional information, including extra essays. Now the Common App folks have said they are going to make some changes next year. Doris Davis, a former president of the Board of Directors of the Common Application writes about the changes and the possible effects. Davis is co-founder of YourAppAdviser.com, an online educational program that helps students more effectively present themselves on the
School superintendent to Thomas Friedman: Why you are wrong about Race to the Top
In a recent column, New York Times writer Thomas Friedman declared that the Race to the Top federal education competition is one of his two favorite initiatives undertaken by the Obama administration. After reading the column, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond wrote the following post, which challenges Friedman’s depiction of the Race.
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