Pack your bags and head to one of the world’s top 10 “Happiest Cities” according to researchers from The Quality Of Life Institute. Copenhagen, Denmark, Zurich, Switzerland and Singapore are numbers 1 -3, respectively. The indices are based on things contributing positively to the quality of life. Citizens give their cities accolades for things like large …
Khemet McConville has a new release, “1216 E Palm Dr”. He’s been featured as a new music discovery artist on Earmilk.com—a legit digital music magazine with a strong reputation for being not pay-for-play. No paid articles, no fluff. Like thousands of unsigned independent artists, he and his music are buried, overlooked, and dismissed because of …
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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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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 …
Only One U.S. State’s Math Scores Have Gone Up Since 2019-Guess Which Read More »
According to research shared in USC Today, digital devices were a greater source of conflict among teens and parents in the U.S. than in Japan: One in three U.S. families reported having an argument every day. And according to the same research, More teens in the U.S. also felt that mobile device use has hurt …
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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Do you have, or know of anyone who has, a teen or young adult with special emotional, physical or mental needs or learning differences? The list of adult life skill, not taught in academic curriculum, that teens and young adults need to master is, without question, long. Circumstances at any given moment will dictate which …
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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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 …
FORCE BLUE Special Ops Veterans Come Together With Marine Science…. Read More »
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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