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Charter schools

5 things to know before choosing a charter school

Wondering how to get special attention for your child’s talents? You might ...

Adaptive Learning Helps Students Take Charge of Their Education

Online adaptive learning helps students take charge of their own education, at their own pace

The trusty computer is quickly becoming a real partner in the educational ...

Small college class size

5 benefits of a small class size

When it comes to the number of students in a college class, does size make a ...

Regular physical activity benefits the brain

5 ways exercise boosts your brainpower

Working out provides more than just physical benefits. Just ask Dean Hebert, an ...

Choosing good hospitals

5 ways to choose the best hospital

We go to the hospital for care when we’re the most vulnerable, so we want to ...

Is texting bad for kids’ communications skills?

OMG! Can u BLV it? Txting ur BFF during class is bad 4 u!...

Learn to stay in the present

5 ways to reduce stress by focusing on the present

You’re worried that a pending merger means you’ll be laid off. You’re terrified ...

Seek others’ business advice for success

What's the best business advice you ever heard?

You’ve probably heard all the platitudes about business, work, meetings and, ...

5 ways to help protect your home from burglars

Are you doing everything possible to make your home secure and dissuade ...

Ethics training for teachers

Should teachers receive ethics training?

Ethics training is mandatory for many professions — from medicine to law — but ...

Virtual health care

5 ways virtual health care makes access easier

Open your mouth, stick out your tongue and say “ahh” … for the computer camera....

Forest wildfires

Are wildfires good for the environment?

Close to 8 million acres of forests and grasslands in the United States went up ...

Few women work in the tech sector

Why do so few women work in IT?

Think about technology and IT for a second, and who comes to mind? You likely ...

Presidential election

Close Calls: A history of tight presidential races

If you think your vote doesn’t matter when it comes to electing the next ...

Stress puts you in survival mode

5 ways “fight or flight” shapes your decisions

What do a prehistoric caveman and a modern hedge fund manager have in common? ...

Health effects of drought

5 health risks spurred by the drought

Feeling parched? During this summer’s record-breaking drought, you hopefully ...

Combating violence in the workplace

Are you safe at work?

Contrary to popular opinion, most workplace violence incidents are not the ...

Courses on autism available for teachers

With autism on the rise, teachers find support through continuing education

Picture this: It’s the first day of school for 23 third-graders. Eagerly, they ...

Campaign gaffes

5 epic presidential campaign gaffes

A politician walks into a salon and gets a $400 haircut. And that’s it. There’s ...

Time off benefits employees and companies

Is unlimited vacation good for business?

Imagine a world in which companies have no vacation time limits and let ...

5 safety questions for prospective homeowners

5 key safety questions for potential homeowners

As the country’s real estate market gets back on its feet, house hunters are ...

Five recommended websites for teachers

5 useful websites for teachers

Look up educational tools online, and you’ll find an inspiring range of ...

Many stores donate school supplies

5 ways to support your child’s teacher

Want to improve your child’s education? You can make a big difference by ...

Electronic textbooks assist with online learning

5 ways digital textbooks are improving education

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama challenged the nation’s schools to ...

Adolescents should receive the meningitis vaccine

Got kids? 5 things you need to know about the meningitis vaccine

Each year, between 1,000 and 1,200 Americans contract meningococcal disease, ...

You can beat the summer slide

7 ways to keep your kids learning this summer

Have you heard about the “summer slide”? Studies conducted by the National ...

Preparing kids for school

7 ways to prep your kids for the classroom

A well-behaved child who succeeds academically is a parent’s dream come true. To ...

How to camp without getting sick

5 summer camp maladies and how to resolve them

Sleeping away at camp can be one of the richest experiences of your child’s ...

Compassion doesn’t necessarily require self-sacrifice

Nurses must balance compassion and detachment

“We as nurses care for patients and their families at their most vulnerable ...

Predictive analytics track your patterns

5 ways companies snoop on you to get business

Once upon a time, people lived in small towns and shopped on Main Street. You ...

Heath care focuses on the environment

5 ways health care is healing the planet

The U.S. health care sector accounts for 8 percent of the national carbon ...

Stay safe from cybercrime

5 secrets of Internet safety

With an increase in the use of smartphones and tablets, many Americans have ...

Good business practices apply to health care, too

5 things health care organizations can learn from corporate America

Health care shouldn’t be primarily about profit, but health care organizations ...

The Internet shouldn’t replace health care

5 reasons why using the Web to self-diagnose is risky

You’re up late with a stuffy nose and stomach cramps. The doctor’s office is ...

Recess boosts students’ positive attitudes.

Want engaged students? Send them outside to play

Once the playground din dies down, recess is more than just a midday chance for ...

Finland’s schools are outshining other countries’

What can American schools learn from Finland?

By adopting what some would call a more creative approach to learning, Finland ...

Person being checked at clinic.

Are community health centers government’s best-kept secret?

Need treatment for a health issue but can't afford insurance or the price of a ...

Online dating

Is online dating dying?

Online dating is an integral part of contemporary culture — sitcoms refer to it ...

Is Groupon a fad?

5 reasons Groupon might be only a passing fad

Social couponing, which blends social media with marketing via targeted online ...

Lessons learned from viral videos

5 marketing lessons you can learn from viral videos

Were you privy to the most recent virus? We’re not talking about anything ...

Neighborhood Crime

5 ways to reduce crime in your neighborhood

As technology has gotten more sophisticated, so, too, has crime prevention. ...

Police Officer

5 ways law enforcement is reducing violence

In today’s era of tight budgets and hiring freezes, law-enforcement agencies ...

Man in corrections

5 challenges facing the corrections industry

The poor economy has affected our society in a variety of ways, and the prison ...

Yawning nurse.

How health care organizations can help nurses live healthier lives

The demands of work, long hours and long shifts make it hard for nurses to ...

Teachers preparing for technology

Teachers prepare for education’s next frontier: online learning

From the pioneers’ one-room schoolhouses to today’s sprawling campuses, the K-12 ...

B.Y.O.D.

Are BYOD programs a good way to bring technology to budget-crunched schools?

BYOB is a familiar acronym, but in schools, “BYOD” represents a new learning ...

Donors choose

Want to thank a teacher? Try DonorsChoose.org

What do you give a teacher who has more coffee mugs than there are days in the ...

Fracking.

5 things you need to know about fracking

There's a much politicized national public debate raging over hydraulic ...

Patient receiving a shot.

5 things you need to know about the chicken pox vaccine

Parents and children alike once viewed chicken pox as a childhood rite of ...

Chess board.

Attention! Military concepts can enrich business strategy

If U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 has taught us anything recently with its successful ...

How do you train teachers for the future?

Conceptual frameworks, typically used as the first step in scholarly research, ...

How to curb cyberbullying.

5 programs that work toward eliminating cyberbullying

In the face of an increase in online abuse, and with high-profile stories of ...

Chalk drawing of a family

Should public school districts put parents of truant kids in jail?

Truancy officers were once a normal part of public school staffs — they prowled ...

Social media guidelines

5 social media guidelines for teachers

Educators who use social media to interact with students should consider ...

Paint buckets

How the arts can improve SAT scores

Albert Einstein, who developed the Theory of Relativity, also played the violin. ...

Employees chatting with each other

3 common ethical dilemmas health administrators face

Being a health administrator can be like walking a tightrope — precariously ...

Electronic health records improve access to information, which is both good and bad.

Do electronic health records leave patients vulnerable?

If you’ve seen a doctor recently, you might have noticed something different. ...

Got teens at home? Time to lock up your meds

Forget the childproof safety locks adorning most medications and even the ...

Improving care for parents – and themselves.

What’s next for baby boomers? The reinvention of long-term care

Baby boomers are masters of innovation. They’ve mobilized work through cell ...

7 things you need to know before your first mammogram

Breast cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, killing 40,000 women per year. ...

There goes the neighborhood: 5 invasive species that don’t belong here

If you don’t want to upset Mother Nature, think twice before you release your ...

Forget corn: Algae may be the best new energy source

With so much attention focused on new sources of alternative energy, it’s hard ...

The Tar Sands Pipeline

5 ways the tar sands pipeline could affect you

President Obama’s recent decision to reject the controversial tar sands ...

Five important black Americans

5 black Americans who made history (and why it’s a darn shame you’ve never heard of them)

Ask any American history expert to name five important black Americans who ...

Transitioning from battlefield to home takes time, patience

5 ways families can prepare for servicemembers' return home

With today's long deployments overseas, the transition from wartime soldier to ...

Looking for positive role models for girls

Is Lady Gaga good for girls?

Pumped up bustlines, lips and derrieres, excessive use of Botox, skintight ...

Watching sporting events is more than a spectator sport

Anyone who's watched a Super Bowl that kept you on the edge of your seat knows ...

Occupy Wall Street violence yields 5 important lessons for law enforcement

“The Protester” may be TIME magazine’s “2011 Person of the Year,” but in many ...

How to stop repeat offenders from doing time — time and again

Henry Earl of Lexington, Ky., has been arrested more than 1,300 times. Since the ...

Bridging the gap between physical and IT security

With today's technology, would-be criminals need not be in the same city as the ...

5 ways women in prison behave differently than men

While the vast majority of people in the U.S. corrections system are male, ...

How can America retain quality teachers?

Teacher quality has been identified as a key component in improving educational ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. superimposed on an American flag

How has the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. impacted our lives?

Every third Monday of January, the nation takes time to pay observance to civil ...

Nurses must learn to be future thinkers

“Futurism.” It conjures up images out of science fiction. But it is actually the ...

Can health care reform improve patient care?

Health care in America is challenged by rising costs, a large under- or ...

Got conflict? 5 techniques for resolution

With a little knowledge, patience and initiative, conflict can become a teaching ...

The controversy over treatment of patients at state mental hospitals

In today’s turbulent economic times, funding for state mental hospitals and ...

Preventive care for mental illness in the U.S.: Are we asleep at the switch?

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is the first major national health care ...

The secret to dealing with grief

Ted Paciotti remembers his father’s death in May 2008 like it was yesterday....

Chronic pain management: How to treat it without overmedicating

Powerful prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin are ...

Stigma of seeking mental health care

Mental illness affects one in four American families nationwide, making it one ...

Traditional male gender roles can hinder good mental health

“Real men don’t cry.”...

Breaking patient confidentiality

“I have AIDS.”...

Are gluten-free foods just a fad?

Back in 2006, brewery giant Anheuser-Busch™ marketed the first gluten-free beer ...

How will the Occupy Wall Street protest impact business?

As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues into the winter months, the debate ...

Military trends: Distance learning gaining appeal

University of Phoenix military leaders say that more and more military students ...

Holiday

5 things to know about 2011 holiday travel

From the crowds to the weather, traveling over the holidays has always been a ...

Black Friday

7 ways small businesses can maximize Black Friday

On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the busiest retail day of the ...

The economy

When it comes to the economy, what can a president do?

With the country still struggling to see economic growth, the U.S. economy ...

Supreme court

Will a Supreme Court decision change elections?

As the nation battles a stubborn unemployment rate, and Americans become ...

Holding hands

Destigmatizing PTSD in the military

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that often develops ...

Mississippi floods

Lessons learned from the 2011 Mississippi floods

This spring’s Mississippi floods have been one of 2011’s worst billion-dollar ...

Is No Child Left Behind improving U.S. education?

The George W. Bush administration enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) ...

Mob mentality

The effects of mob mentality on crowd control

Recent incidents of what the media has dubbed “flash mob crime” have led to ...

Public schools making it easier to raise global kids

The next big thing in education among high-achieving parents and their families ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month highlights new screening options

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And in the spirit of breast ...

Medical assistance for prisoners

How free prisoner health care came to be

If you haven’t heard the story, it goes something like this (and it’s true): Man ...

Certified bed bug-sniffing K-9s on the rise

No doubt, the widespread bed bug epidemic is enough to make public health ...

Improving STEM graduation rates is key to global competitiveness

Historically, the United States has been the example of quality education — but ...

Bioprecipitation

Bioprecipitation: Link between germs, weather and education

A new study on bioprecipitation — the link between germs and the weather — ...

U.S. life expectancy trailing that of other industrialized nations

The United States currently ranks 41st among industrialized nations in average ...

Rethinking preventive medicine

One of the major components of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is a strong ...

Mind mapping

The effectiveness of mind mapping

At first mention, mind mapping sounds like some kind of high-tech brain research ...

5 tips to streamline teacher test preparation

Test preparation, whether it’s for midterms or formal assessment testing, is a ...

Education being revolutionized

5 educational experiences being revolutionized by emerging technologies

Technology is completely transforming how students pursue higher education. ...

When flash mobs stop being fun

Seen everywhere from train stations to highly trafficked public squares, “flash ...

Life coach

Life coaches can help retired execs find purpose

When former University of Phoenix business management student Barbara ...

Volunteering in schools: Should it be mandatory?

A growing number of U.S. public and private schools are mandating that all ...

After-school programs help parents and kids alike

Schools nationwide are developing innovative programs aimed at getting parents — ...

Developing STEM workforce

Developing STEM workforce to support L.A. businesses

Conversations can spark transformation. At least, that’s the case with ...

Budget crunch: Selecting which K-12 programs ‘go’

While budget cuts are a reality in K-12 education, administrators and teachers ...

Military families

New realities for military families present challenges for civilian counselors

In addition to the unique culture military families live in every day, the Iraq ...

How can nurse practitioners help improve access to health care for the uninsured and underinsured?

American health care costs are skyrocketing every single year, and with no end ...

Is the “New Guard” prepared to lead in law enforcement?

Buckingham Palace has an elaborate changing of the guard ceremony. The ritual is ...

Small investments in women can yield big returns

The stats tell the story — being a woman in a developing country means you’re ...

To connect with today’s tech-savvy students, educators need to speak the same language

Today’s job market is more competitive than ever and the field of education is ...

Modern guilt: The psychology behind not accepting that "friend" request

Most Facebook® users experience the emotional quandary at least once in their ...

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