Back to School 2019
12 Stories • Available May 2019
Back To School, Everybody!
The run-up to Labor Day is always a bit of a letdown. I feel like summer is kaput, vacation is over and Instagrammed, and it's time to sharpen my pencils, buy new notebooks and head back to scho
Crash Course For College Freshmen
All across this great country, college campuses have welcomed a new class of freshmen. These young people arrived with a lot of things, but financial literacy was likely not one of them. If I c
Safer Schools Through Better Communication
Here's an idea: Instead of turning our schools into fortresses to try to prevent the next school shooting, how about we do more? As we contemplate adding metal detectors and bulletproof safe room
Life Lessons
When the iconic Miriam Maisel of the Amazon Prime show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" entered our lives in 2017, she reminded women everywhere to break conformities and reach for their dreams. Miria
Classy Choices
The ideal course loads in high school should help students prepare for college. Then college courses should help students prepare for their career. That's the goal, but it can be challenging for
Hovering Too Much?
Overseeing your child's academic life is essential, but if you find yourself constantly hovering over him or her at homework time, recalculating every math problem and editing every essay, you m
Not-so-social Media
Dale Janee's 3-year-old daughter loves watching videos on her father's cellphone. At first, she only used it a few times, and it was cute. But then, she wanted more screen time. "She got hooked
Where Art Thou?
"The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction in the life of the nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose -- and it is the test of the quality of a nation'
Driving Me Crazy
Do you remember the feeling of sitting in the car for the first time by yourself, closing the door, latching your seatbelt, turning on the ignition and cautiously stepping on the gas? Were you sc
Two Birds, One Class
Eighteen-year-old Joseph Ryan just graduated from high school. However, he's already accumulated 12 hours of college credit -- even though he's never set foot inside a college classroom. That's b
Hungry, Healthy Hippos
From nursery school right up through college, your children need the right tools so they can learn and put their knowledge to use. With proper nutrition, they can strengthen their body and mind
Schools On-screen
School is back in session! First up: film class. Here are five school-themed movies to watch as the new year begins. *'The Breakfast Club' Starring Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy,
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