Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

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A Georgia teenager was left with life-altering injuries from a skiing incident after passing up on his mom's offer of lessons. Ayden Slipsager, 18, of Atlanta, was left unable to walk after getting ...

The past 12 months haven’t just been about the human headline-makers. Here are some of the inanimate items which also made it big This DIY staple had a busy old year. One was used to bisect a ...

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The Cartel of the Suns is old news. Long-ignored old news. However, its public damnation by Secretary of State Marco Rubio demonstrates the Trump administration is serious about protecting American ...

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