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Ideologues at heart, we tend to obsess about big picture values, such as education and transformation, through a love of data and the story it tells. Data often reveals truth; at the very least, it reveals ambiguities.
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Why Early Decision matters

Admit rates are highlighted in yellow on this spreadsheet, but they don’t demonstrate the ...

Early Decision, visualized

As I labor over my efforts to articulate why a proactive approach to the college ...

Use with caution: results, Class of 2019

Hi, friends! The same applications frenzy which drives me nuts also drives me into the ...

Admissions fix #1: Dare to make decisions

About six months ago, I wrote a blog post about the most profound thing anyone ...

What are you so scared of?

What is the most profound thing you’ve ever heard? Who said it to you? ...