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Guarding A Treasure- Preserving The Cherokee Language

This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. And, it was subsequently reported in David Byrne’s digital “good news” magazine  Reasons To Be Cheerful. We are all, at least most of  us very aware of the many public and charter school dual language immersion programs; Spanish, …

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Only One U.S. State’s Math Scores Have Gone Up Since 2019-Guess Which

Alabama is the only state where 4th grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019. How are they doing it? While K – 12 learning was remote during the Covid lockdown DeKalb County’s school district reinvented their math program in elementary schools. The plan was to make math more engaging, more relevant …

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Get Preteens, Teen and Young Adults Into Volunteering- The Sooner, The Better

According to 2023 research data from Volgistics, a volunteer management software, kids that volunteer are 25% less likely to experience anxiety and 50% less likely to engage in destructive behaviors like smoking or  misusing alcohol. There’s no question, volunteerism translates into mastering important adult life skills. To name a few; Social and Professional Communication Skills …

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The Need to Master Adult Life Skills Is Gender Neutral

I’m not saying there aren’t some specific adult life skills that may be specific to a gender identity or sexual orientation …. But ALL teens and young adults will navigate adult life with greater confidence and less stress by mastering many much-needed everyday adult life skills that are for the most part gender neutral. There …

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FORCE BLUE Special Ops Veterans Come Together With Marine Science….

The result, “mission therapy” for Veterans  and  cleaner oceans and waterways for all of us. The idea for FORCE BLUE grew out of a trip co-founders Jim Ritterhoff and Rudy Reyes took in 2015 to go reef diving. Since returning home from several tours in Afghanistan Reyes, a former Recon Marine,  had been struggling with …

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Teens’ Invention Holds Bright Potential For Filtering Microplastics

Victoria Ou and Justin Huang, both 17 years old  from Woodland, Texas won $50,000, from the Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations.  They invented a device that filters microplastics from water. In early research the high schoolers reached out to the EPA and were informed that the EPA does not regulate …

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Marine Life, Ocean Ecosytems and Human Health-Microplastic Impacts

Plastics are pervasive in daily life.  They are found in car tires, clothing, food wrappers, disposable water bottles, paint and even some tea bags. Most  people view plastics as offering convenience in our busy lives. For companies and individuals alike they are seen as cheap and disposable. Given the range and versatility of uses and …

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Microplastics Concerns Are Not New

For the Algalita Marine Research and Education  their 3 decades of plastic pollution research  and education it all started in the 1990’s with an eye-opening discovery in the North Pacific by the organizations Founder, Charles Moore.   The organization’s initial mission was to restore the disappearing kelp forests and improve water quality along the California …

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