The Cure for Summertime Boredom Summer vacation is the perfect time to take on some fun and educational Science projects with your child. Conducting fun and safe experiments are a wonderful way to fight off summertime boredom and challenge young minds with analytical thinking and creative problem solving. Discovering that science is fun is a [...]
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So what kind of teachers could a school get if it paid them $125,000 a year? An accomplished violist who infuses her music lessons with the neuroscience of why one needs to practice, and creatively worded instructions like, “Pass the melody gently, as if it were a bowl of Jell-O!” A self-described “explorer” from Arizona [...]
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Six Flags Great America is extending a special offer to all Chicago Public School employees this summer. June 19, 20 and 21 will be Chicago Public Schools Employee Appreciation Days at Six Flags Great America – Chicago. All CPS employees are invited to visit Six Flags Great America on one of these days, for the [...]
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