When the New York City Department of Education attempted to ban words like “dinosaur” and “Halloween” on standardized tests, perhaps they should have considered including the word “pineapple.” Last week, thousands of New York eighth graders sat for their state standardized tests. In classrooms across the state, students looked up in confusion after reading a passage in which a pineapple challenges a hare to a race.

The passage was an adaptation of a story written by children’s book author Daniel Pinkwater, who has said, “It’s hilarious on the face of it that anybody creating a test would use a passage of mine, because I’m an advocate of nonsense.” In the adapted passage, a pineapple challenges a hare to a race. The other animals all decide that the pineapple must have some sort of trick up his sleeve that will allow him to win, so they all root for the pineapple. When the hare wins the race and the pineapple just sits motionless by the starting line, the animals all eat the pineapple. Of the questions referencing the passage, two sparked comment: 1) Why did the animals eat the pineapple? and 2) Which animal was the wisest? (You can see the original test passage and questions here – they are certainly good for a laugh!)

New York’s school children weren’t the only ones confused by the questions. In fact, the widespread confusion led the state education commissioner to announce that the questions would be tossed when the tests were scored. While this is likely a huge relief to the students and teachers whose futures depend on these test scores, it fails to address the larger problem. These tests were created as part of a $32 million contract with Pearson, one of the world’s largest test publishers. In the wake of the scandal, Pearson has directed all questions to the state, claiming that company policy forbids them from commenting.

Isn’t it convenient that a multi-billion dollar corporation that controls a significant portion of the public education system and that thrives on public dollars maintains a company policy which prevents it from taking any public accountability for its actions?

We pay a lot of attention to teacher quality, school board bureaucracy, common standards, and school choice, but the biggest underlying problems with our public education system can be laid at the feet of private companies. Known as “The Big Three”, Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt enjoy an oligarchy over the materials utilized in public school classrooms across the country.

The Big Three’s control begins with the textbooks your children study. K-12 textbooks make up a multi-billion dollar industry – that’s a lot of profit at stake. Several decades ago, this profit was split between about a dozen or more textbook publishers. Over time, the entire industry has consolidated as the bigger publishing houses have bought up the smaller publishers. Today, the only real players are the Big Three, who provide roughly 80% of the country’s K-12 textbooks. Here just a few of the disturbing aspects of this industry (For more on the failings of the textbook industry, check out this report on textbook adoption):

• No real authors: Textbooks are ghost written largely by low-paid temps. The names on the credits page are meaningless. In fact, sometimes publishing houses decide who the author is well after the book has already been written.
• No new ideas: Publishing houses have to come out with new, shiny editions to appeal to the school boards who adopt textbooks. There’s nothing that says that these new editions have to include new information or ideas. Instead, many publishers simply provide writers with copies of their competitors’ materials and demand a recycled version. With all of the publishing houses copying each other, how can we hope that our children will be exposed to new concepts?
• No real quality: Profit is king in any industry, and textbooks are no different. The goal for publishing houses isn’t to instill creativity and profound knowledge in students; the goal is to maximize profit. In the name of profit, textbook publishers have created books which appeal to the lowest common denominator. Modern textbooks are overloaded with pictures, graphics, and sidebars in order to limit the amount of text on any given page. Why? Because neither students nor textbook selection committees like to read.

Thanks to the Big Three’s power, our children spend roughly 180 days per year staring at low-quality textbooks designed purely for profit rather than for education. This alone is enough to make any education-minded parent’s blood boil. But wait – it gets worse.

Since the implementation of No Child Left Behind, the standardized testing industry has exploded into another multi-billion dollar education industry. Drawn to this money like moths to a flame, the Big Three quickly set about controlling this industry as well. Today we have a situation in which the same exact companies that produce our children’s learning materials also produce, administer, and score their standardized tests.

The same practices that have rendered K-12 textbooks useless are applied to the standardized testing industry. Test developers are not concerned with accuracy or quality but with profit and speed. And this is how we end up with Pineapplegate – some underpaid temp worker adapted a nonsensical short story into an equally nonsensical test passage and added some even more nonsensical test questions.

Consider this standardized testing tale of wisdom, written in the Huffington Post by former test developer Todd Farley: When Farley worked for a test publisher, his staff was ordered to create more than 200 Common Core Standards tests in two months. The “company worked its employees nearly to exhaustion and seemed willing to go to any length to write those tests: They recycled items used many times on previous tests, re-aligned items to link them to academic standards they were only sort of linked to, hired people with neither teaching nor testing experience to work as full-time test developers, employed any consultant off the streets willing to work, and re-hired testing vendors previously fired for the poor quality of their work (one of those vendors celebrated its renewed contract by immediately advertising on Craigslist, hoping to find anyone at all willing to write test questions for $8 each).”

And these same companies – the ones that create sub-par textbooks to prepare students for poorly developed tests – also administer and score many of these high stakes tests. Worse yet, they show no more regard for accuracy and quality in their test scoring than they do in their test development. Scoring errors are surprisingly common, whether on state standardized tests (as has happened in Arizona, Washington, Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Minnesota, and elsewhere) or in cases like the 2006 SAT when Pearson gave lower scores than were deserved to more than 4,000 students (Pearson failed to take responsibility for the inaccurate scores, claiming that the test sheets were too damp for their scoring machines to handle).

In an education environment where tests can determine which students go on to the next grade, which students attend college, and which teachers keep their jobs, can we really afford to accept such shoddy work? Certainly Pineapplegate is amusing, but the underlying problem is horrifying, calling into question every standard, every textbook, and every test.

Why Attend?

C2 Education’s Majors and Careers Seminar will help students and parents learn how to choose a major, why choosing a major is important, and how picking a major affects career options after graduation. The decisions don’t end once you’ve picked a college – but C2 will always be there to help you make the right choice!

Who is Speaking?

Francis Kevers is the Head of Human Capital at C2 Education, responsible for corporate-wide human capital development and college counseling practice. After graduating from MIT (B.S. in Management Science) and INSEAD (MBA), she worked in equity research and in venture capital before turning her career path to education. Since then, she has built strong ties to the Bay Area communities as a program director and spent countless hours working closely with students and parents as they navigated the college admissions process. She is a UCLA certified college counselor and is a member of the MIT Educational Council.

Students and parents are welcome to attend this free seminar, but space is limited so an RSVP is required. To RSVP please call Federal Way C2 Education at 253.945.7200

The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) exams begin next week – is your child ready?

Each may, hundreds of thousands of students sit for one or more AP exams covering over thirty subject areas. These exams are grueling, taking several hours to complete a single subject test. Depending on the subject area, they can include in-depth essay questions, lengthy reading passages, challenging mathematical problems, and complex charts or graphs. These tests are not easy.

Most AP students spend many weeks, if not months, preparing for the end of year exams. After all, these exams cover up to a full year worth of material, and that quantity of information cannot be mastered in mere days. But with the tests just days away, many students and parents wonder what last minute preparation they can undertake.

Whether your child is already well prepared or not, here are some tips to be ready for the big tests:

• Take another practice test: Whether on their own or in the classroom, most AP students will have already taken at least one practice test. Take another. This test will show students exactly which areas they still need to brush up on, and this will make preparation more effective.
• Purchase a good review book: There are many AP exam review books available. While these books are often not ideal for in-depth exam preparation, they can be a good last resort for those who need to prepare in a hurry. Use your practice test results to determine which chapters need to be reviewed.
• Take lots of notes: Students often find that the act of writing information down helps them to remember it. Taking notes isn’t merely for class time – the very act of taking notes is a good study method.
• Use flashcards: When applicable, making and using flashcards can be a great way to memorize key pieces of information, whether a student is memorizing the Periodic Table of Elements or key battles in the Civil War.
• Get a good night’s sleep: Do not stay up all night before the test cramming. What little information you might memorize will likely be useless in the face of exhaustion on the morning of the test. A good night’s sleep is sometimes the best preparation that a good student can have for a test.
• Eat breakfast: The brain requires energy to perform at its peak level. Eat a full and well-balanced breakfast the morning of the test to keep brain performance high.

Students who plan on enrolling in Advanced Placement classes next year should heed the advice of past students: DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO PREPARE. Proper AP preparation requires weeks of work and often cannot be done alone. The most successful students often participate in peer study groups or enroll in preparation programs such as those offered by C2 Education.

Good luck to everyone in the coming weeks of AP exams!

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If your son or daughter is lucky, he or she has been accepted to multiple colleges and universities. Having spent several weeks celebrating these successes, it is now time to make the final decision. May 1 is National College Decision Day, so called because the vast majority of U.S. colleges and universities set this as the deadline for students notify them of their decision to attend. If your son or daughter is struggling with this life altering decision, C2 Education has some advice:

Get More Information

Presumably, you and your child already researched any potential schools before submitting applications. Whether this is the case or not, now is an excellent time to gather as much information as possible in order to make a fully informed decision. Students should consider questions such as:

• How many students stick around after freshman year?
• How many students actually graduate?
• How many students find good jobs after graduation?
• Does the school offer the academic programs I’m interested in?
• Are there extracurricular activities and social clubs that appeal to me?
• What kinds of students enjoy attending this school?

Once you’ve created a list of questions, it’s time to find the answers. Here are some places to start your search:

• If you haven’t already done so and the campus is nearby, visit the campus. A campus visit reveals far more about a college than any website will.
• Go through the college’s website with a fine toothed comb. Read between the lines to learn about the college’s atmosphere and values.
• Look over the school newspaper (most are available online). The school paper often offers a glimpse of campus life and available activities.
• Access the course catalogue (if not available online, most schools will gladly provide one). If the school doesn’t offer interesting courses, you probably don’t want to attend.
• Check out online reviews from other students. Some sites to start with include: The University Review, CollegeTimes, Unigo, College Prowler, and Students Review.
• Contact the admissions officers with any unanswered questions. People who work for the college may be biased, but they also know more about the school than anyone else.

Compare Your Options

Once you’re fully informed, it’s decision time. Choosing which college to attend is the first major life decision most students make – it’s a harrowing, terrifying, and exciting experience. Many students are tempted to make this decision purely based on emotion (i.e. “I got into my dream school! It’s expensive, but who cares?”), but this decision must be made in a logical and thoughtful manner.

• Compare financial aid packages. This can be trickier than it sounds, so check out this article for help comparing award letters. Rule out any schools that are too far beyond your family’s means.
• Make a pro and con list for each school. Sometimes seeing all of the possible benefits and consequences in black and white can make the decision easier.
• If your child is still stuck, go with his gut. Your child will spend roughly 4 years living and studying at this school – ultimately, it is your child who will have to decide what is right for him.

Respond Correctly

There’s a bit more to finalizing a college decision than simply sending in a form. Follow these steps to get all your ducks in a row:

• Send your Statement of Intent to Register and your deposit to your chosen college. Make sure to re-read all the materials that came from the colleges so that you submit every required document!
• Notify the other colleges that you will not be attending. Many schools will already have sent a form that essentially asks you to “check yes or no” – if so, simply submit that form. If there was no form, notify the colleges in writing. Don’t feel obligated to include an explanation – a brief note stating that you have carefully weighed your options and decided to attend another school will suffice. Notifying your reject colleges might seem like a massive waste of time, but it’s the polite thing to do. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of other students on the wait list, and by notifying the college that you will not attend, you open your spot to another student.
• Review any and all paperwork your college has sent. Make note of any additional applications and deadlines (such as housing applications). Check to see whether the college requests a final transcript, immunization documents, or other documentation and submit the appropriate documents in a time manner.

Once all of this has been finished, you can breathe a sigh of relief – the long and arduous road to college admission is FINALLY done!

And what about those students with the opposite problem – the ones who didn’t receive any offers for admission? Check back next week for advice.

If you’re on the internet (and you must be to be reading this), you’re probably also on Facebook. And if you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen a post like this:

“Facebook is donating $3 for every share and a dollar for every like in order to save this infant burn victim.”

And, looking at that photo, what kind of terrible, selfish human being would you have to be to not click “Like”?

The answer: A smart one.

Posts like these are called “baby charity scams”. There are at least a dozen known baby charity scams circulating on Facebook. Here’s how they work:

Some enterprising con-man steals a photo of a terribly sick or disfigured infant and creates a charity post on his Facebook page. The post grows to thousands of “Likes” or “Shares” within just a few days, driving massive amounts of traffic to the con-man’s otherwise useless fan pages and producing huge numbers of subscriptions for their (usually) fake profile pages. And if you are gullible enough to comment on these photos, you’ve inadvertently invited these con-men to view your information.

Meanwhile, in exchange for this dubious benefit, these men are circulating photos of terminally ill infants without the consent of the baby’s parents, causing untold grief to friends and relatives.

So, if you think you know that Facebook is a tool for social good and that a simple click of the mouse will save a child’s life, think again. Nothing is really that easy.

Why Attend?

C2 Education’s College Admissions Seminar will help students and parents learn the secrets to gaining admission at the nation’s most elite colleges and universities. Learn why a 4.0 GPA may not be enough to get into Harvard, or why the challenge of advanced classes might be one of the most important things on your college application. At C2 Education, we believe that there is a perfect college out there for every student, and we are ready to help you find it!

Who’s Speaking?

While studying Economics at Harvard University, David Kim first became interested in the relationship between economics and education, a passion which inspired him to begin a tutoring service for local students. What began as a small tutoring service run out of a Harvard dorm room has grown into the C2 Education of today, with 100 centers nationwide.

In the years since C2 Education was founded, David Kim has continued to contribute to his community by serving on the board of the Washington Youth Foundation and as a commissioner on the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth. His works have earned Mr. Kim recognition in such publications as Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Inc Magazine.

Where?

Tecro Cultural Center
901 Wind River Lane
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

*Students and Parents are welcome to attend this free seminar, but space is limited so please RSVP. To RSVP, please call (301) 515-9192.

Every high school student knows the importance of the main college admissions tests, the SAT and the ACT. Students understand how vital these tests are to the college admissions process, and they prepare accordingly. But many students do not know about the SAT’s lesser known cousin, the SAT Subject Tests. These tests are less popular, but can provide an essential boost to college applications, especially for students enrolled in alternative academic programs, such as homeschooled students or International Baccalaureate (IB) students.

What are SAT Subject Tests?

SAT Subject Tests, also known as SAT IIs, are hour-long multiple choice tests offered in 21 subject areas. The subjects include English, math, science, history, and languages. Unlike Advanced Placement exams and IB exams, SAT Subject Tests are offered throughout the year on the same testing dates as the SAT Reasoning Test.

Why take SAT Subject Tests?

• Required or recommended: Many colleges, particularly the more selective colleges, require or recommend certain SAT Subject Tests. For example, Harvard requires two Subject Tests of the student’s choosing. (Off the record, schools like Harvard prefer that applicants take as many Subject Tests as humanly possible!)
• Exhibit strengths: SAT Subject Tests offer an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their strengths in particular subject areas. The grades on a student’s high school transcript are a vital part of the admissions process, but grades are often subjective and can be difficult to compare across school districts or states. SAT Subject Tests offer colleges a way to make apples-to-apples comparisons among students from different high schools.
• Stand out: Taking several SAT Subject Tests can help an applicant stand out. Selective schools are inundated with applications from students with very high GPAs; several high Subject Test scores can augment a student’s application in order to demonstrate higher achievement.

Who should take SAT Subject Tests?

Many students skip SAT Subject Tests, believing them to be an unnecessary expenditure of both time and money. The truth is that any student can benefit from SAT Subject Tests. Officially, most colleges do not require these tests and many do not even “recommend” them – but unofficially, high scores on Subject Tests are a boon to any college application. Sadly, most students and parents are left in the dark about things like the Subject Tests simply because college admissions offices tend to be so close-lipped about the less official aspects of college admissions; it is this secretiveness that has made college admissions counseling a necessity for any student hoping to earn admission at the nation’s most selective schools.

Although all students can benefit from high Subject Test scores, for some students, Subject Tests may offer greater advantages:

• Students Applying to Selective Schools: Elite schools have posted record low admission numbers for several years running. With hundreds of applicants competing for each spot, it is vital that students applying to these schools do everything in their power to bolster their applications. SAT Subject Tests offer an excellent way to showcase student knowledge and talent in order to help an application stand out from the crowd.
• IB Students: The IB program is among the most challenging academic programs available in the US, but it is not as widely accepted as the AP program because colleges are less familiar with it. Students enrolled in the IB program would do well to supplement their IB scores with SAT Subject Test scores because colleges are often more familiar with these tests.
• Homeschooled Students: Colleges often have difficulty comparing homeschooled students to other applicants simply because their transcripts tend to be so different. By submitting multiple SAT Subject Test scores, homeschooled students can aid the college by providing a standardized measurement of their knowledge within certain subject areas.
• Students Applying to Specific Programs: At many colleges, there are certain programs which are more selective than the school at large. For example, many engineering programs are highly selective, even at less selective colleges.  Students applying to such programs would do well to take Subject Tests to demonstrate facility with the particular subject areas they hope to study (i.e. math and physics for an engineering student, or biology and chemistry for a pre-med student).
• Students With Unsatisfactory Grades: Students who encountered academic challenges or who saw their grades slip at any point during high school should take Subject Tests in the areas they struggled in. A high score on the correlating Subject Test won’t completely balance out a poor grade, but it can help to demonstrate knowledge in that area. For example, if you got a C in biology, but you know you can do better, preparing for and doing well on the SAT Biology Test can help overcome the blemish on your application.
• ESL/ELL Students: Subject Tests provide a testing arena in which ESL students can shine. Tests such as math, science, and foreign language tests do not require great facility with the English language, so ESL students can utilize these tests to bolster their academic credentials.

When should you take the SAT Subject Tests?

SAT Subject Tests are offered throughout the year and can be taken on any SAT testing date. Many students wait until the end of their junior year to register for these exams, but they can be taken at any time during high school. We strongly suggest that students take these tests as soon as possible after finishing the correlating coursework. So, for example, if a student takes Biology in 9^th grade, he should take the SAT Biology test in May or June of his 9^th grade year. This will ensure that the material is fresh, making it easier to earn a high score. Although the College Board offers Score Choice, we strongly recommend that students wait to take the Subject Tests until they are fully prepared so that they only have to take the test once because there is a subtle bias against students who take these test multiple times in an effort to boost their scores.

How should you prepare for the SAT Subject Tests?

Although these tests will cover material that is included in high school coursework, additional preparation will likely be necessary. Students taking AP or IB classes who are doing well in a given subject may be able to take the accompanying Subject Test without a great deal of preparation, but other students should take the time to carefully prepare for these tests. Students who do not enjoy a natural affinity for standardized tests should seek outside test prep from a proven test prep provider such as C2 Education. A test prep course not only helps students master the necessary material, but also provides testing strategies, tips, and tricks to help students gain the confidence necessary to do well on standardized tests.

You walk into your teen’s room and wonder if perhaps a dirty laundry bomb has gone off. The floor is practically invisible beneath piles of laundry, books, papers, and dishes. The bed is unmade and the desk is covered in clutter. The closet doors won’t even close all the way because the clothes have begun to migrate out into the room.

“It’s MY room – if you don’t like how it looks, then close the door,” your teen shouts.

“It’s MY house – as long as you live under my roof, you follow my rules,” you reply.

And thus the endless cycle begins.

“Mess is a stubborn problem for teens,” writes Sue Shellenbarger of the Wall Street Journal. “They are old enough that parents expect them to exercise good hygiene habits and take responsibility for daily routines. But teens’ brains are still developing some of the cognitive skills needed to stick to a clean-up routine, such as controlling impulsivity, seeing others perspectives and understanding how current actions have future consequences.”

In addition to lacking these cognitive skills, teens are also exerting their independence. Their messy bedrooms are not intended to be a personal attack against their parents, but are often a way of demonstrating a teen’s individuality and independence. From a teen’s perspective, the bedroom is often the only space in the world that they can call their own; as a result, teens often grow very territorial and resent any parental attempts to control their space.

But although there are clear developmental and cognitive reasons for messy teen bedrooms, parents shouldn’t simply throw their hands in the air in resignation. Although it may seem like a fight you can’t win, the messy bedroom argument is still worth having.

A messy bedroom is not merely a sign of teenage independence or of a lack of cognitive skills, but also a sign of a lack of willpower. Although most wouldn’t consider a lack of willpower as a teen to be a tragedy, studies have shown that willpower early in life is one of the best predictors of future success, more so even than intelligence in many cases. This might seem counterintuitive as people have long thought that raw intelligence was the most important attribute for success, but intelligence alone is simply not enough. After all, the smartest kid in the world won’t get very good grades without exerting enough willpower to complete homework assignments, and the smartest adult in the world won’t get very far in the workplace without the willpower to complete tasks in a timely manner.

Willpower and a clean bedroom can be a bit of a Catch-22. In the book Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney, the authors described experiments in which groups of people were led into one of two rooms. One room was neat and the other was a pigsty. Participants in both rooms were given tests that measured their self-control. The people in the clean room were more willing to wait for a reward – they preferred more money in a week than less money now, and selected healthier foods. The people in the pigsty were all for instant gratification – they preferred less money now and chose junk food over healthier options. So it would seem that a clean room can improve willpower, but it takes willpower to clean a room.

The good news is that additional studies have shown that willpower is like a muscle – the more you consistently use willpower, the more willpower you have. The authors of Willpower suggest that people slowly build up the strength of their self-control through small but regular exercises. What better way for your teen to build willpower than through maintaining a clean bedroom?

The next time that your teen argues about his messy bedroom, don’t resort to the usual parental lecture. “My house, my rules” didn’t work for parents in the past, and it probably isn’t going to work now. Instead, remember that your child’s clean room is about more than simple tidiness – it’s about his future success. Then take a deep breath and try some of these tips:

• Don’t nag: Galling as it might be, your teen will probably respond more favorably if you talk to him the way that you would want your boss at work to talk to you. At this age, teens are eager to rebel, so don’t give them something to rebel against.
• Give reasons:No teen in the history of the universe has accepted the “It’s my house” argument as a good reason for keeping a clean room, and teens are a lot more likely to do what you ask of them if you can provide strong, logical reasons for your request. Try these:
  • Willpower is a key indicator of future success, and maintaining a neat(ish) room is an ideal way to build up self-control
  • A messy bedroom can be unsanitary – if you keep dirty dishes in your room, you’ll end up with bad smells, bad bugs, and potential diseases growing under your bed
  • Your future college roommate almost certainly won’t appreciate being forced to room with someone who can’t keep his dirty underwear in the hamper
  • Your friends aren’t going to want to hang out in a room where they can’t even sit without stumbling over dirty clothes
  • Set reasonable expectations: Your kid’s room probably won’t ever be immaculate. If you set the bar too high, you set your teen up for failure. Instead, set out reasonable cleanliness standards (i.e. dirty clothes in the hamper, clean clothes in the closet, dirty dishes in the sink, etc.) that your teen is more likely to actually meet.
  • Use a carrot: Teens respond to praise better than to punishments, so try to use incentives before resorting to threats. Money or extra privileges are always good motivators, but even simple praise can sometimes go a long way.
  • Try a stick: When the carrot doesn’t work, use a stick as a last resort. Threaten to take away privileges (i.e. no more rides to the movies, no more internet usage, no more cell phone, etc.). But if you make threats, you have to follow through!

Why Attend?

C2 Education’s Financial Aid/Scholarships Seminar will help students and parents to better understand the financial aid process, including various sources of financial aid. During this seminar, students and parents will learn about the different types and sources of scholarships, how to find scholarships that suit their needs, and how to avoid scholarship scams. With college tuition reaching new heights, C2 Education is there to help your child reach for the stars without breaking the bank.

Who’s Speaking?

Russell Stephen is the Education Director for C2 Education’s New York/New Jersey region, responsible for aiding in the success of students and teachers at the centers under his purview. He holds a BA in Mathematics/Adolescent Education and has been with C2 Education for six years; during this time, he has spent countless hours working closely with students as they navigate the college admissions and financial aid processes.

The Financial Aid/Scholarships Seminar will be held at C2 Education Nanuet Center:
404 South Nanuet Mall Suite B
Nanuet, NY 10954

Students and parents are welcome to attend this free seminar, but space is limited so please RSVP. Please call C2 Education Nanuet Center to RSVP: (845) 627 – 9500