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10 Pieces of Playground Equipment that Nearly Killed Your Grandparents

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10 Pieces of Playground Equipment that Nearly Killed Your Grandparents

The Clever Reason Behind Those Black Lines on the Sides of School Buses

"The Wheels on the Bus" doesn't cover this.

The Clever Reason Behind Those Black Lines on the Sides of School Buses

Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Receive $650,000 Grant to Protect Their Campuses

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Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Receive $650,000 Grant to Protect Their Campuses

Maine Grade-Schoolers Wrote a Pandemic-Inspired Novel, and Stephen King Is Paying for Its Publication

Stephen King, benevolent benefactor.

Maine Grade-Schoolers Wrote a Pandemic-Inspired Novel, and Stephen King Is Paying for Its Publication

11 Products to Start Your New Year’s Resolution On a Positive Note

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Texas High School Has Opened a Student-Run Grocery Store for Families in Need

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The Oldest Schools in Each Country

Schools across the globe have been around for centuries.

How Lolita Author Vladimir Nabokov Helped Ruth Bader Ginsburg Find Her Voice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2016.

America's Top 25 Colleges and Universities for 2021

Harvard University's Memorial Hall.

100 of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words in the English Language

She's having a dilemma about how to spell dilemma.

5 Things You No Longer See in Driver's Ed

Say goodbye to the highway simulator.

This Organization Designs Resources to Help Educators Teach Difficult Parts of History in Sensitive, Constructive Ways

Facing History and Ourselves students visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

13 Back-to-School Essentials (Even if You're Learning From Home)

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An Illinois School District Has Banned Fully Remote Students From Wearing Pajamas While Learning

The great thing about Zoom is that it's almost impossible for people to tell if you're wearing pajamas.

BIC Just Launched a Line of Break-Resistant Crayons and Colored Pencils for Kids

BIC is offering crayons that are break-resistant and paper-free.

Google Teams Up With The Conscious Kid on a Book List to Promote Racial Equity in Classrooms

Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone is on the list, and for good reason.