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...