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It is "plainly" unconstitutional for Defense Department-run K-12 schools to ban books for political reasons, said 26 ...

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There’s a method to the madness in Jacqueline Kowalik’s Lower Burrell basement. Akin to a small bookstore or library, the ...

If you’ve ever wondered how multiple kids in the same family go on to achieve great things, this is a must-read,” Grant wrote ...

Dr. Debra Holley, former Vice President of Academic and Student Services at Danville Community College (DCC), has recently embarked on a new creative journey, writing a children's book entitled “Sulle ...

A new study by psychology researchers shows that the ... In this one, which included nearly 200 parent-child pairs, primarily from the US, parents participated in a virtual picture-book-reading task ...

Sometimes, long-held Baby Boomer parenting beliefs are simply wrong and rooted in misperceptions handed down unexamined for ...