Confronting the Flaws in College Admissions

Lacking a way to measure almost anything other than academic success, colleges default to grades and test scores as a measure of worth.

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Commencement at Williams College, 2018. Via Wikimedia Commons

This week I was speaking to a group of K-12 educators about my usual: the need for more free time, free play, self-direction, and real-world adventures/responsibilities in childhood if we want to raise happier, healthier children.

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