Think teachers really get three months off? Even if they don’t set foot in a classroom all summer, teachers are always learning — picking up skills and knowledge they can share with their students and colleagues.

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There are many reasons to educate your children in the safe and nurturing atmosphere of your own home. Control over curriculum is an issue for some; a desire for children to receive the most personalized educational experience possible is the impetus for others. As long as parents comply with state education [...]

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Those of us who’ve already gone to college are so glad we got that out of the way, since these days competition is so fierce and requirements so daunting that we doubt we could get admitted to our Ivy League school today. Not that you should worry about it! You, no [...]

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When you were a kid, did you want to quit school and join Jacques Cousteau’s underwater adventures? Did you dive into TV nature documentaries — even when there was a perfectly good cartoon on? Then it’s a good bet that you still sink your teeth into programs like the Discovery Channel’s [...]

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Me, I was one of those kids who used to crack wise in algebra class. “We’ll never need this stuff,” I’d say. “Never.” And now, 15 years down the road, the kids who used to sit in the back of the room are winning the big bucks and deducing how much to [...]

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