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Thank you for your article "A toolbox for better grades. " This article really influenced my life.

Getting bad grades doesn't mean you're bad. It doesn't mean you're stupid.

Eager, first-time parents, we hurried to our son's kindergarten classroom for our first conference with his teacher. We sat back, smiled, and waited for the accolades to begin.

Richard Landis, a member of Rev. Debbie Little's Ecclesia Ministries, serves as the "animator" for the afternoon discussion.

It's one o'clock on a Sunday afternoon. The morning snow has turned into a relentless sleet, driving this faithful congregation from its usual gathering place on Boston Common to the sheltered steps of St.

There's nothing quite like sharing in the excitement of a child's learning. The wonder in his or her eyes as understanding dawns amply repays the patience-beyond-price you may have invested in getting to that point.

My first day as an eighth-grade math teacher was a shock. Part of it was the quantity of paperwork, but discipline was the major problem, especially in my basic math classes.

Among the venues for "lifelong learning" these days are conferences. We thought our readers would be interested in highlights of a conference last spring, exploring the relationship between religion and science: the Omega Institute's "The Spiritual Adventure: Using Wisdom Traditions for a Spiritual Life.

During the Second World War, my dad was a combat photographer in the Marine Corps. He saw all of his action in the Pacific theater.

In 1943, the Nazis ordered me and many others in Holland to go to a labor camp at the Daimler-Benz factory in Germany. You couldn't say no.