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Avoiding Dorm Disasters

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Bus Driver A "Hero Among Us"

Tanya Walters Takes Underprivileged Teens On Cross-Country Bus Trips

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Middle Schoolers Become Young Heroes

City Year's Young Heroes Program Gives Kids Opportunity To Do Community Service

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Summer School: Fun Lessons For Kids

Kate Lawler Of Parents Magazine Suggests Ways To Keep Your Children's Minds Sharp During The Summer

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One School Tries Buying Better Grades

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Expert: School Lunches Failing Kids

Agrees They're Generally Unhealthy, Adding To Obesity Problem

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Robots Bring School To Sick Kids

Two-Way Machines Keep Hospitalized Youngsters "In" Classrooms

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Happiness 101

Harvard, Dozens Of Other Schools, Offer Course On How To Be Happy

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Keeping Creole Cuisine Alive

Melinda Murphy On One Teen's Trip Back To What May Be The Future

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Unlikely Reading Teaching Aide: Dogs

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Why More Kids Get Adult Injuries

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Mommy, My Teacher Is Mean

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New School Year, Same Teacher

Why Looping May Be The Answer To Stop New School Year Jitters

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