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An Idea for Helping Local Elementary Schools
Schools are being forced to slash budgets, lay off teachers, and yet are expected to do more to educate our children. What...
Attorney Gives Jena 6 Teen Chance at New Life
An attorney in the racially-charged trial of the Jena-6 rescued the youngest of the incarcerated youth, bringing him to New York to live...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
How is the Stimulus Working Out?
President Obama announced Wednesday that the stimulus is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of...
Elusive Musical Gift Can be Taught to Very Young
The gift of perfect pitch -- the ability to identify a note simply by hearing it -- may teachable, after all. The Eguchi Method...
UN Gives Technological Boost to 500,000 Albanian School Students
Almost half a million Albanian students now have access to modern computer laboratories, high-speed Internet and training in information technology skills thanks to a...
Co-existence Thrives in Israeli Elementary School for Arabs and Jews (Video)
Enrollment is up for Jewish and Arab students attending the Hand-in-Hand bilingual school in Jerusalem. Kids study together learning the language of friendship...
Urban High School Achieves Rare Feat: No Dropouts
In a city where dropout rates are always among New Jersey's highest and test scores are among the lowest, one experimental school, Camden's MetEast...
Homeless Girl Finally Has a Home: Harvard
She is known as the "smart girl". . . the girl who landed at Jefferson High School only 18 months ago. What her friends...
Life Lessons from Labradors
Teachers come in all species. Two of my greatest teachers were a pair of Labrador pups. They arrived in time to witness my prolonged...
Clean Energy Economy Yields Significant Job Growth at all Skill Levels
The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and...
Those Who Aim to Please May Miss the Mark
Have you ever altered your behavior in an attempt to make someone else feel better? If you have, you may be pleased to know...
DVD Teaches Autistic Children About Smiles
A new DVD teaches autistic children how to recognize emotions like happiness, anger and sadness through the exploits of vehicles including a train, a...
Keynote Speech at Consumer Electronics Show Pushes Charity
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett announced the launch on Friday of the Small Things Challenge, a one-year charity program that will cost his company a...
Ten Signs of Peace on Earth: The Children’s Culture Connection
The good news that is the common thread running through children in war-torn Iraq or poverty-laden India, is that they all still have hope....
Video Games Support School Lessons and Learning
Once shunned as a brain-rotting activity, video games are now winning over many teachers of teenage students as a way to inspire kids to...
UPS Foundation Awards $1 Million to Environmental Groups
The charitable arm of UPS this week announced five grants totaling more than $1 million to support a variety of environmental programs, including funds...
Corporations Making a Positive Difference
Ford, Coca Cola, and Bayer, among other companies, actively demonstrate they care about people and the planet. Here are some examples of how corporations...
Arts and Chess Part of Plan to Boost School Scores
Two poorly performing Kentucky schools in downtown Lexington will receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art...
1-on-1 Tutoring After School Behind a Pirate Supply Shop Changes Kids
What if you wanted to help kids transform their reading and writing experience? Dave Eggers did this by moving his magazine staff of editors...