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    • New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence

      New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence0

      As state legislative sessions kick into high gear for 2016, it’s inevitable that some lawmakers will suggest implementing a universal Pre-K plan. This is because universal pre-K has become the silver bullet with which politicians try to lift the masses out of poverty while simultaneously improving academic performance in the public schools. But before politicians

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    • Australia Discovers that Its Homeschool Students are Far Above Average

      Australia Discovers that Its Homeschool Students are Far Above Average0

      Homeschooling and its high level of success has become a highly-accepted fact in the U.S. in recent years. Other countries, however, are not as familiar with the concept, and thus view the practice with a wary eye. Such has been the case in Australia, particularly in the state of New South Wales (NSW). According to

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    • Wow… Only 28% of Parents Require Their Children to do Chores

      Wow… Only 28% of Parents Require Their Children to do Chores1

      The other day the Washington Post ran an article entitled “The baffling reason many millennials don’t eat cereal.” Not being a fan of cereal myself, I clicked on it to see if other millennials shared my disinterest in the common breakfast food. Au contraire. Millennials like cereal… it’s just the washing of a bowl and

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    • The “Newspeak” of Facebook Reactions

      The “Newspeak” of Facebook Reactions0

      By now you’ve probably heard, seen, or used Facebook’s “reactions” icons released early this morning. As the Atlantic describes it: “Someone can now respond to any post on Facebook with a heart for ‘love,’ a laughing face for ‘haha,’ an astonished gape for ‘wow,’ a tearful frown for ‘sad,’ a reddening face for ‘angry,’ or

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    • 4 Ways Parents Can Encourage Their Children to Read Good Books

      4 Ways Parents Can Encourage Their Children to Read Good Books0

      As a grade-school child, there was nothing I loved more than burying my nose in a book. Mysteries particularly. I pounded my way through various series, happily ignoring the fact that they all revolved around the same, mind-numbing plot and rarely broadened my knowledge or intellectual ability. Fortunately, my mother recognized this problem better than

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    • One Reason a Border Wall makes some People Uncomfortable

      One Reason a Border Wall makes some People Uncomfortable0

      Walls have been used successfully for thousands upon thousands of years. They’ve served many purposes, often multiple purposes at the same time. Some were meant to keep people out, others were meant to keep people in. The Great Wall of China is a great example of a successful wall that held the Mongols and other

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