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The authors of the new book 'The Disengaged Teen' have must-read advice for combatting the "disengagement crisis" teens are facing today.

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The Anxious Generation,” written by Jonathan Haidt, has been a New York Times bestseller for 40 weeks. In it, the author ...

The Food and Drug Administration has set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and ...

A team of fossil preparators are publicly revealing the fossil inch by inch at the museum. It was discovered by three young boys in South Dakota.

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Classic reading instruction relies heavily on phonics, which teaches kids to correlate sounds with letters, enabling them to ...