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My high school graduation was ruined. I'm now graduating from college and getting the ceremony I deserve.
After the pandemic ruined his high school graduation and college experience, a student is excited t…
Moses Jeanfrancois
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Robert Kraft says elite schools are to blame for 'hate' on campus
The Patriots owner and Columbia megadonor Robert Kraft took out full-page ads decrying what he desc…
Paul Squire
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I have fond memories of high school in America. I'm worried my daughter won't feel the same in Singapore.
Jason Erik Lundberg's teenage daughter attends a public high school in Singapore. He worries about …
Jason Erik Lundberg
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I'm a high school senior who commutes an hour by train to school every day. It's helped prepare me for the real world.
A high schooler takes the New Jersey Transit to school every day for the past four years. The commu…
Teddy Almond
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My 5-year-old could identify a butterfly's life cycle but not a nickel. It was my wake-up call to start teaching him about money.
My son could explain the lifecycle of a butterfly with the correct words but couldn't tell coins ap…
Laura Niebauer Palmer
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My kids went to school in Bolivia and Armenia. It was coming back to the US that was hardest for them to adjust.
Her kids struggled with the fear of school shootings when moving back to the US. She listened to th…
Lia Miller
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I'm a low-income high school student. I worry colleges reinstating the SAT requirement will ruin my admissions chances.
A high school student can't afford SAT prep, so she knows she won't do well. Now that colleges are …
Marium Zahra
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Elite tutors can earn $180,000 and travel the world, but are risking a 'Faustian pact' with the superrich
The private tutoring industry is valued at $62 billion and some private tutors for ultra-high-net-w…
Cameron Manley
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My son decided to go to a college across the country. I'm already dreading my empty nest, but it's time to let him go.
A mother is dreading her empty nest because her only child chose a college far from home, but she k…
Erika Ebsworth-Goold
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I'm a recent college graduate. No one told me it would be this hard to make ends meet.
A recent college graduate can't get a full-time job, so she has several part-time jobs to make ends…
Augustina Boateng
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Colleges started ending academic years earlier in the 1970s to avoid 'protest weather'
Colleges decided to start ending the year early during the Vietnam War because officials worried th…
Katie Balevic
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I was accepted to Yale. Here's everything I included in my successful Ivy League application.
A student who got into Yale reveals everything he put in his college application. His college essay…
Brian Zhang
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I reviewed my Yale admissions file to see what the Ivy League school really thought about my application. What I learned surprised me.
A Yale student reviewed his admissions file to see what the Ivy League school liked about his appli…
Brian Zhang
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My daughter is on track to become high school valedictorian. I'm not sure it's worth the effort and stress.
A mother has watched as her daughter worked hard to be the valedictorian. It won't guarantee admiss…
Shannon Serpette
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As a college professor, I'm seeing more Gen X and Baby Boomer students than ever before. They're changing the way I teach.
A college professor says she's seeing a lot of older students in her classes. Gen X and Baby Boomer…
Lisa Chilcote Bacco
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I went to college at 40 while raising my 5 children. I had to make some parenting sacrifices.
A 40-year-old mother decided to go to college while raising her five children. She had to stop cook…
Victoria Marie Lees
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I was accepted into my dream colleges: Duke, Columbia, and Yale. I flipped a coin to decide which one was right for me.
A student couldn't decide which college he should go to after getting accepted to multiple Ivy Leag…
Miles Kirkpatrick
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Columbia's president managed to avoid the missteps of other elite colleges in heated congressional grilling
Columbia University's president, Nemat "Minouche" Shafik, took a strong stance against antisemitism…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Dozens of Texans confronted a school board over a trans teen's removal from the school play. Now, he's back in the lead role.
Max Hightower shared with Business Insider how he got his part in "Oklahoma" back after his town qu…
Sebastian Cahill
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The old-school secret to a relaxing vacation
Millennials and Gen Z are taking big trips — but they don't want to plan them. It's sparking …