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Why Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need to Succeed
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 8:34 AM EDT (Yahoo!)
Albert Einstein’s was estimated at 160, Madonna’s is 140, and John F. Kennedy’s was only 119, but as it turns out, your IQ score pales in comparison with your EQ, MQ, and BQ scores when it comes to predicting your success and professional achievement. IQ test …
(Video) Redshirting: Holding Kids Back From Kindergarten - 60 Minutes
Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:27 PM EST (CBS News)
Morley Safer reports on the rising trend of "redshirting," delaying kindergarten until children are 6 years old. Will this make these students more successful in school and life?
The Best Children's Books Ever
Seeded on Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:17 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Charlotte’s Web or Goodnight Moon? Which one is the greatest children’s book of all time? A team of literacy experts, mom bloggers and book editors agonized over this question when creating a list of the 100 great books for kids, released this month by Scholastic&r …
How the web (and Newsvine) helped get me into Princeton
Mon May 9, 2011 8:32 PM EDT
It was a small blurb in an unobtrusive sidebar in a 2006 issue of PC World. It advertised a citizen journalism site, where "anyone can write their own column". I loved technology, I loved writing, and I loved sharing my knowledge.
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Vote clears home-school program's charter path
Seeded on Sat Sep 4, 2010 12:19 AM EDT (registerguard.com)
The Bethel School Board tossed HomeSource a lifeline Monday, giving the beleaguered home-schooling resource center a chance to become the district's first charter school.
Better Late Than Early -- Homeschooling
Seeded on Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:09 PM EDT (excellenceineducation.com)
As children are pushed to achieve academic goals at earlier and earlier ages, the incidence of learning disabilities is growing at an alarming (some say epidemic) rate.
Our 8 Year Old Son Still Doesn't Read And believe it or not, we aren't worried.
Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 AM EDT ()
By all accounts, we should be panic-stricken. Given our competitive society, many would no doubt feel we are highly irresponsible to let our son fall "so far behind." Surely, we must be desperately looking for advice on dealing with late readers.
Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief
Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:55 PM EST
Many Newsviners know that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the capital city of Haiti, devastating the city and killing or injuring thousands of residents there. Fewer Newsviners realize that they have earnings sitting in their accounts.
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NH court orders home-schooled child into government-run school
Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:06 PM EDT (New Hampshire Free Press)
A NH court has ordered a homeschooled child into a government school in order to expose her to different perspectives and world views. Has the court gone too far?
Did Mattel Turn Dora the Explorer into a Tramp?
Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:58 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
When toy maker Mattel, working with Nickelodeon, announced earlier this month that a "tween" version of Nick's beloved "Dora the Explorer" cartoon character would be unveiled in the fall, the response was overwhelming ... overwhelmingly negative.
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