High school students, vying to get into college, know that the application process is a game with its own set of rules: Get good grades, get enough tutoring to ace the ACT or SAT, and make sure you have lots … Read More
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How We Know Students Are Learning
By Dr. Jennifer Friedman, Dean of Student Learning and Guest Blogger With all of the progress we are making toward creating the best educational environment for our students, one might wonder how we know our students are learning. At Hillel, … Read More
Start Spreading the Word!
Hillel has been on a journey to improve and change education to best meet the needs of today’s learners. We want them to be ready for the world that they will inherit, while also deeply internalizing what it means to … Read More
The Problem With Conventional Wisdom
Conventional wisdom is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field. Here is some of the conventional wisdom regarding education over the past century: Education is primarily about delivering … Read More
Exit Exams Are Coming!
This past August it was widely reported that in the spring of 2014, more than 200 colleges and universities will administer the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) presented by the Council for Aid to Education, a non-profit organization “committed to … Read More