A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kenny 5, and Tom 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. ‘If Jesus were sitting here, He would say,’Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.’ Kenny turned to his [...]
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St. Louis is looking for its eighth school superintendent since 2003. Kansas City is on its 25th superintendent in 39 years. Despite good salaries and plenty of perks, a recent study found that the average urban superintendent nationwide stays on the job only about three years — which educators say isn’t enough time to enact [...]
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Drink fresh water and as much water as you can.Water flushes unwanted toxins from your body and keeps your brain sharp.Successful people eat healthy and exercise regularly.
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? Quote by: John Keats ~~~~~~~~~~~~ If our lawmakers can make corrective decisions to solve the financial mess of institutions, let’s hope that our children will look back on this time in history to [...]
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With the proliferation of YouTube, file sharing, and teacher lesson plans on Websites, publishers are worried about copyright infringement and how to enforce current laws. However, the Internet has also opened access to thousands of files where the copyright holder cannot easily be found—in fact, the works may be public domain, but there is no [...]
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ANNOUNCING: The New Are You Tired of Nagging? Get Kids to Cooperate Home Study Program: How To Raise Respectful and Responsible Kids that You Can be Proud Of If you’ve been frustrated and worried because your child is not chipping in around the house, is a ‘gimme-gimme’ kid, doesn’t take no for an answer and [...]
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The Center on Education Policy (CEP) released its sixth report on annual allocations to states and school districts under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The report, Title I Funds – Who’s Gaining and Who’s Losing: School Year 2008-09 Update, finds that about $1 billion will be available for the 2008-09 school [...]
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Earthworms have five hearts The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humansUrban birds have developed a short, fast “rap style” of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
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A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class, “Everyone who thinks you’re ugly, stand up!”After a few seconds, Tom stood up. The teacher said, “Do you think you’re ugly, Tom?““No, ma’am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have a great weekend! [...]
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