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The Post’s Valerie Strauss on admissions discrimination

—Why Boys Fail

As Strauss points out, it’s not just the private colleges that favor men in admissions — a legally dicey thing to do. And she repeats my favorite line from the College of William and Mary, a public university that engages in the practice: “It’s not the College of Mary [...]

Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:12am EST
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Give Me Harvard or Give Me Death

—The Core Knowledge Blog

Parental anxiety is ruining playtime, notes the Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. It’s not news that lots of preschool parents have become “super-anxious trying to give their kids a leg up on kindergarten,” Strauss writes at The Answer Sheet. “But I didn’t realize just how nutty things had become until I talked [...]

Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:44am EST
by Robert Pondiscio

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Ask yourself: How are boys faring in these preschools?

—Why Boys Fail

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Washington Post education columnist Valerie Strauss details the new, parentally-induced stresses of preschool.

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Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:50am EST
by richard

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