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Join Thousands Converging on National Parks for Free Admission Saturday
Free admission for all, and a volunteer spirit to uplift many. That's what this weekend has in store throughout the US, to honor National...
California Educator Is Glad to Make Sacrifice (OpEd)
In my line of work, I've met individuals who are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And yet the richest man I know is...
Beauty Pageant Winner Tells Her Story of Depression to Reduce Stigma for Others
Jennifer Ferris was crowned Ms. New York World International 2011, but throughout her early life, and into her 20's, constant depression made her days...
The Benefits of Adding Love to your School’s Curriculum
As a social studies teacher in a Boston public high school for 14 years, Stephen Banno has developed a curriculum called the “Love Course,”...
School Superintendent Gives Up $800,000 in Pay
Some people give back to their community. Then there's Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who's giving up $800,000 — his own salary for...
Bill Clinton and Ben Stiller Team Up for Haiti
Former President Bill Clinton will be co-hosting a New York City gala Sept. 23 to benefit actor Ben Stiller's foundation for building schools in...
Program Helps High School Students Overcome Depression and Avoid Suicide
With suicide ranking third as the leading cause of death in American youth aged 15-24, a new prevention program tested in Ohio schools has...
Microfinance Effort Matches Tiny Lenders with Kids Who Yearn for College Worldwide
Another micro-finance initiative is improving the economic outlook for poor families around the world, this time through the financing of college tuition for students.
Although...
US Troops Stop to Build Up Costa Rica After Helping Haiti
Recently an aircraft carrier docked in a port city near where I live in Costa Rica.
Hundreds of US military personnel - Navy and Marines...
Trouble-making Teen Transformed by New Daughter’s Birth
A California teen had already been in and out of three high schools and arrested once before he learned his girlfriend was pregnant. "I...
88 Street Pianos Pop-up in Parks, Plazas Around New York City
Yesterday marked the opening of the summer season of free concerts in NYC, and the arrival of 88 pianos — hand painted by local...
MBAs Today Want to Make an Impact on the World
Business school students want to learn how to make profits in the business world. That’s a given. But now, they are wanting to make...
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download,...
Kenyan Exchange Student Runs for His Tiny Village Back Home
He set out on his own in 2009 when he took the 8,000-mile flight from Kenya to Maryland as a foreign exchange student.
He had...
Indonesian Example Counters Fears of Radical Religious States in Tunisia/Egypt
Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry...
US Students Studying to be Primary Care Doctors Up by 8 Percent
An increase in the number of U.S. medical students choosing internal medicine residencies in 2011 is a positive sign that the primary care workforce...
Obama Calls for Fix of No Child Left Behind by Fall
The audience assembled at an arts-centered middle school in Virginia cheered wildly today as President Obama called for a rewrite of the nation's education...
The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness
A Stanford marketing professor is teaching her students -- and company execs with AOL, Facebook, and Adobe -- how to find and export joy.
Offering...
Grandson’s Disease Spurs Family to Fund First Rural Diabetes Center to Help Thousands of Families
Often, the most inspiring advances are born out of the need to fill a void. When long time Parsons residents Jacque and Kelly Rector's...
The Right to Write: How One Pencil Started a Revolution
Adam Braun was on a fast track toward a lucrative corporate career, but it was a backpacking trip as a teenager in India when...