William Bryant, PhDPreparing High Schoolers for College Writing SuccessToo many students find that the kind of writing they were asked to do in h.s. does not resemble the writing required of them in college.Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
William Bryant, PhDWill The Kids You Love Be College-Ready?Standardized Tests Don’t Help The Students Who Need Help MostFeb 18, 2018Feb 18, 2018
William Bryant, PhDinAge of AwarenessIntegrating Cognitive, Social, and Personal CompetenciesThis post was originally written for and published on Getting Smart.Oct 28, 2017Oct 28, 2017
William Bryant, PhDinAge of AwarenessThe School Choice Paradox: Competition vs. MonopolySecretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently released a list of proposed priorities for her department’s competitive grants program. Number…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
William Bryant, PhDDump Free College?Though Bernie Sanders and others on the left have proposed free college for all, the Democratic Party’s new economic platform, “A Better…Oct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
William Bryant, PhDA High Schooler’s Guide to the Culture of College Academics: 8 Key ConceptsEntering the culture of college academics is like entering a new and unfamiliar land, with its own beliefs and customs, its own values and…Oct 4, 20171Oct 4, 20171
William Bryant, PhDinBRIGHT MagazineWhen Is School Choice A Bad Choice?“Education policy based on market principles by definition expects some schools to fail — and expects some children to be casualties.”Oct 3, 20179Oct 3, 20179
William Bryant, PhDInsect Sex Will Not Be Covered (How Sensitivity Concerns In Testing Limit What Kids Learn in the…It is a guiding principle in test development that stimulus materials and test questions should not upset test-takers. Much like dinner…Sep 30, 2017Sep 30, 2017
William Bryant, PhDinAge of AwarenessIs the ACT a Valid Test? (Spoiler Alert: No.)ACT, Inc.’s National Curriculum Survey goes out every three or four years to elementary, middle school, high school, and college teachers…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
William Bryant, PhDCollege As Culture Shock: What First-Year Students Don’t Know But ShouldThe standards-based education reform movement, kicked off by A Nation At Risk in 1983, has been around long enough now to start showing…Sep 2, 20171Sep 2, 20171