Min Jin Lee considers the promise of education

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. It’s a stressful time for families with children preparing for college. The competitive application process, the climbing cost of higher education, the notion of sacrifice and the concept of success. If you’re grappling with these themes, you may find some of your story reflected in that of the Koh family in “American Hagwon,” bestselling, award-winning author Min Jin Lee’s latest novel. I interviewed Lee about the evolving views on education. Let’s get into it. There’s widespread agreement that education holds a promise. What the path to college should look like, what schools best prepare you for success and how that success is defined are more subjective — dependent on the students, their families and their communities.