Amidst the national debate about education, we often hear about what the government, the school board, the teachers, or the administrators could do to help make our children smarter. We hear about class size reduction, charter schools, teacher performance reviews, tenure, and a host of other reform ideas, all centered on the idea that schools …

This year, early admission applications met record highs. But if your child is one of the millions of students who either didn’t apply early or who didn’t get accepted in the early admission round, the college application season is far from over. Hundreds of colleges and universities have regular admission deadlines right around the corner. …