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DailyDish - Turn Off Your Holiday Lights at Night

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 15th 2008 6:02AM

Whether you're lighting a Christmas tree, Hannukah candles or a Kwanza bush, turn everything off and blow everything out before you hit the sack to avoid fires. ...
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Math in the U.S.: Less may soon be more

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Mar 16th 2008 10:00AM

Why aren't U.S. kids advancing in math like their peers in other countries? Twenty scholars commissioned by the Bush administration think they have the answer. For years, math has been taught in a repetitive way. Think of it as a large spiral where ...
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Farewell to reading

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 13th 2008 9:32AM

As a kid, I read voraciously. Rarely was I without a book in hand. I was, it seems, unusual in that respect, however. Not every family valued books as highly as mine did and many kids did not have easy access to lots of books early on. I do remember, ...
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Guess what? Kids got left behind

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 26th 2007 9:04AM

President Bush made a big deal about how he wanted to make sure that all children had equal access to educational opportunity, so he passed the No Child Left Behind, causing schools everywhere to stop teaching children to learn and instead teach them ...
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President Bush makes little girls cry

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 13th 2007 5:10PM

After a speech before a Cleveland business organization, President Bush held a question-and-answer session. Thirteen-year-old Jessica Hackerd, of Brecksville, Ohio, got up the nerve to ask one of the most powerful men in the world a question: "Mr. ...
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High School students ask President Bush to ban torture

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 26th 2007 12:01PM

"We do not want America to represent torture. We urge you to do all in your power to stop violations of the human rights of detainees, to cease illegal renditions, and to apply the Geneva Convention to all detainees, including those designated enemy ...
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Baby Bush Toys

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 17th 2007 4:26PM

If you've got a little one running around who's not the sharpest tack in the box, here's a line of toys for you: Baby Bush Toys. Inspired by our own presidential underachiever, these toys are strictly for the lower half of the IQ range. My kids have ...
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Free speech wins in Vermont middle school

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 1st 2006 2:30PM

For most middle school students, free speech, the constitution, and political protests are abstract concepts they learn about in social studies class. For Zachary Guiles, a thirteen-year-old seventh grade student at Williamstown Middle High School, ...
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