I happened to be listening to some back to school coverage on TV this morning and of course the Common Core standard was brought up along with the question of college readiness. As we have been homeschooling now for two years and our twins are entering 10th grade we have been thinking a lot about these two related but separate questions: (1) how do we help our kids get ready for college (they both want to go) and (2) how do we convince colleges that they are in fact ready. So this past summer...

I happened to be listening to some back to school coverage on TV this morning and of course the Common Core standard was brought up along with the question of college readiness. As we have been homeschooling now for two years and our twins are entering 10th grade we have been thinking a lot about these two related but separate questions: (1) how do we help our kids get ready for college (they both want to go) and (2) how do we convince colleges that they are in fact ready. So this past summer...

Over the last four weeks I have met with numerous college students and recent graduates who are interested in working for tech startups. I have been surprised to discover how woefully their schools have prepared them for how to find a job in the age of the Internet. The vast majority of thses students do not have their own name registered as a domain, have their Facebook profile as the first search result for their name, have no LinkedIn account (or an empty one), don’t know how to approach c...

Over the last four weeks I have met with numerous college students and recent graduates who are interested in working for tech startups. I have been surprised to discover how woefully their schools have prepared them for how to find a job in the age of the Internet. The vast majority of thses students do not have their own name registered as a domain, have their Facebook profile as the first search result for their name, have no LinkedIn account (or an empty one), don’t know how to approach c...

That would have to be the updated chorus line for Sam Cooke’s Wonderful World for many of today’s kids. Sure, they use the Internet “like all the time,” (sorry) but it is surprising to me how little many of them seem to know about its operation. I am basing this on giving an evening class recently to a bunch young folks from the publishing industry and then yesterday spending some time with the teenage son of friends of ours (he is doing an internship with Susan at DailyLit). All of them use ...

That would have to be the updated chorus line for Sam Cooke’s Wonderful World for many of today’s kids. Sure, they use the Internet “like all the time,” (sorry) but it is surprising to me how little many of them seem to know about its operation. I am basing this on giving an evening class recently to a bunch young folks from the publishing industry and then yesterday spending some time with the teenage son of friends of ours (he is doing an internship with Susan at DailyLit). All of them use ...