Elementary School Abolishes Homework
Gaithersburg Elementary School has abolished homework. Instead, students are being asked to read a book for about 30 minutes a night. When Stephanie Brant came aboard as principal two years…
To Mom on Mother’s Day by Shlok Sharma
Mom, you are an eagle, gracefully flying and free, always watching me. Mom,you are a rose gentle and fragrant, looking beautiful. Mom,you are the great ocean, vast and…
Reading Fiction Can Be Brain Food
Your Brain on Fiction AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value…
Monkeys Identify Specific Combinations of Letters in Words
Learning to read is not just to do with speech, but also with the ability to recognize and memorize regular patterns among the letters that make up words, according to…
What’s Cooking This Friday ? Volume 8
If you’re like me, you
