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5 Home Risks to Eliminate This Spring

Spring is here. As we look forward to longer, warmer days, it’s a good time to look around your home or apartment and identify the elements that might pose a danger to you or others. You might also eliminate conditions that could cause unnecessary damage. Here are...

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12 Easy No-Prep Formative Assessment Strategies

Formative assessment is meant to monitor student learning and provide teachers information to help guide instruction during a lesson or unit.  It can help teachers target areas of weakness, identify strengths, and differentiate.  Using appropriate formative assessment...

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7 Ways to Protect Your Teen from Distracted Driving

https://youtu.be/Z69B9nassdI April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. It’s a good reminder that we all need to be more aware of what we are doing as we motor along America’s byways and highways. However, you’re not alone if you get a pit in your stomach every time...

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4 Easy Ways to Stay Healthy After Retirement

Now that the day-to-day job is in the past, you can look forward to a life afterwards. So you maybe asking yourself, what to do now? It's a new chapter in life and the opportunities are endless. Here are ideas to consider for your new life in retirement. Staying...

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8 Teacher Resources for Read Across America Day

The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is celebrated annually on March 2, Dr. Seuss’s Birthday.  Schools, libraries, and communities encourage students to read using children’s author Dr. Seuss as inspiration. Each year, my elementary school...

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