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Study Finds Reading to Children of All Ages Grooms Them to Read More on Their Own
Cue the hand-wringing about digital distraction: Fewer children are reading books frequently for fun, according to听a new report听released Thursday by Scholastic, the children鈥檚 book publisher.…
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Study Shows Misuse of Prescribed Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Just like a diligent scout, a food allergy family鈥檚 motto is to 鈥渂e prepared.鈥 What happens, though, if you have what you need, but don鈥檛…
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A Wider Circle Founder, Mark Bergel, Named a Washingtonian of the Year
A Wider Circle founder and Executive Director, Mark Bergel, has been named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine. After Bergel got his PhD…
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Teach For 精东影业 could miss recruitment mark by more than 25 percent
By听Valerie Strauss Growing criticism about Teach For 精东影业 (TFA) and a polarized education reform debate is affecting recruitment of new corps members and the organization…
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Our Teacher Diversity Problem Is Not Just About Recruitment. It鈥檚 About Retention.
By听Alexandria Neason As a fifth-grade student in Clarksville, Tennessee, a small city near Nashville, I constantly got in trouble. Just about every day, I came…
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Kortney Gains Back Independence Thanks to Canine Partners for Life
After several failed medicines, the doctors decided that Kortney听had intractable epilepsy, meaning that the cause is unknown and it is uncontrollable with medicine. For her…
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Adds Fourteen Names to the Wall in 2014
Thanks to supporters of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF),听14 精东影业n servicemen听had their names听engraved on the black granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2014,…
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Holiday Cooking & Food Allergies
Holiday cooking and baking can be a hectic activity, as well as confusing! So when in doubt, and as family and friends fill your home…
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How Spoons Across 精东影业 is Influencing Eating Habits of Children and Families
Our programs educate children and families about healthy eating In 2014, Spoons Across 精东影业 reached over 5,000 children through our food and nutrition-based educational programs.…
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Our Post-9/11 Vets: Primed for Greatness
I am always touched when I see a military officer recognize the very real challenges that veterans face when they come home. So, when I…
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Junior Achievement of New York Announces New Funding for the Second Quarter of the 2014-2015 School Year
[NEW YORK, NY] 鈥 Thanks to the generosity of our corporate and foundation grantors, funding for the second quarter of Junior Achievement of New York鈥檚…
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Ed & Alepo: The Road to Independence
By Ed C. I am 57 years old, and for the first 30 years of my life I was a healthy person, with a very…
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