A teacher has gone viral for charging third-graders 'rent' and letting them spend fake money on homework passes

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A stock photo shows a student writing a budget, with a piggy bank and calculator next to the folder.

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Cursive Handwriting Could Make Your Idiot Kid Smarter, Study Suggests

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There’s a glimmer of hope if you’re looking for last-ditch strategies to save your child from the halls of stupidity. A study published this week in the journal Frontiers of Psychology found that good ol’ cursive handwriting seems better at promoting learning than typing, and if we want to pump smarter kids out of our…

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NJ school officials were aware of a 'culture of violence' among students before Adriana Kuch committed suicide: lawsuit

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Adriana Kuch.
Adriana Kuch.

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My daughter and I toured 9 colleges together. Here's what I learned about her from the experience.

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The author and his daughter toured colleges together.

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Life in the US got boring, so I moved to China. I'm lonely and single, but I plan to stay.

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Despite feeling lonely living in China, the author doesn't plan to move back to the US.

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A teacher who spent more than $5,000 of her own money to make a cozy classroom explains why it helps kids learn

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Michelle Medintz in her classroom.

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I require my daughter to have an on-campus job while in college, even though she didn't want one. Here's why.

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The author requires her daughter, not pictured, to work on campus.

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Moms for Liberty leaders are behind a new charter school, which will have little government oversight even as taxpayers fund it

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A Moms for Liberty backdrop during an event in Florida in November 2023.

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We moved from the US to Portugal so our kids could be safer at school. They have better lunches and less homework.

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UC Irvine Students Hospitalized After Hackers Sent Disgusting Images to Their Discord Server

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A disturbing cyberattack on Discord reportedly sent some University of California, Irvine students to the hospital on Wednesday, according to a

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