Palm Beach Illustrated

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After six months of social distancing and collective breath-holding, September feels like a fresh start. Kids are going back to school, albeit mostly virtually. Restaurants are gearing up for Flavor month with all the requisite adjustments. The fashi

Psychologies

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IF THE PAST FEW MONTHS have shown us anything, it’s that the world can do business online as never before. If there was ever a time to learn the skills to build a thriving digital business or side hustle, it’s now. In this in-depth Dosser, we talk to

Newsweek

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Children, aged 4-7, attend a class in a forest near Upie, on May 12. Some pupils went to “school” again, with parents acting as teachers, to protest the closing of the village school by the town’s mayor. The children were taught subjects like math an

Earth Garden

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ECOSS could grace any area in Australia: permaculture, community education, biodynamic farming, employment and training for people with disabilities, and for youngsters seeking inspiration. There is a huge list of environmental and social activities,

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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Almost anyone who has ever played a game has wondered what it would be like to make their own, but childhood dreams don’t need to stay dreams. With a lot of hard work, and some guidance, you can help create new worlds that change the way we play fore

You South Africa

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THE closing of schools brought the daily routine to an abrupt end for millions of kids – gone was the camaraderie of the classroom, the thrill of sports matches, the excitement of social events, the rush of winning an award. For parents it was a dou

Money Magazine

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The type of education a family chooses is a personal decision. What matters to one family is totally different to another. Property expert Peter Koulizos, who is based in Adelaide and a former teacher, says that in his experience, highly ranked, acad

The English Home

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Many art institutions and individual makers offer courses ranging from an afternoon in a workshop to week-long residential getaways. A chance to learn skills direct from the maker and to put creative ideas into action, they also enable would-be creat

Pianist

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‘The life so short, the craft so long to learn,’ said Hippocrates. It’s unlikely he was talking specifically about students who start the piano later in life, or those who return to the instrument after many years’ absence, mainly because the piano –

Palm Beach Illustrated

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It started with coral. Earlier this year, I spoke about ancient Greece to a group of sixth graders at Palm Beach Day Academy at the request of history teacher Jonathan Paine. Afterward, Mr. Paine, who’s also a talented documentarian, asked if I’d lik

The Guardian

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Not everyone knows what they want to do at 18. So why has the mature student become a dying breed?

Business Today

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Salaries offered to students at top a-schools have risen steadily over the years … Mean average annual domestic salary offered to students at top B-schools (in ₹ lakh) … And so have the course faas charged by the institutes Average course fees (tuiti

Quilting Arts Magazine

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Are you considering honing your artistic skills through rigorous academic study of art? Here are just some of the lessons Laura learned in her art classes. • Put on your blinders and stop comparing yourself to others. • What’s easy for you is like ma

Baseball America

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Regardless of ability level, athleticism, measurable strengths and analytics reports, baseball players still have to continue to improve in order to progress to the next level. Whether it’s a youth player aiming for success transitioning to the 90-fo

American Outdoor Guide

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There is no such thing as knowing too much, and a good first step and supplement to school attendance is reading about a given topic. The author believes these five books are must-haves in your library and recommends them to get you started in your r

Pretoria News Weekend

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EXPERTS in the education sector have mixed views on the decision to bump up by 5% marks for the 2020 year-end exams in grades 4 to 9. But, said the department of education, extra help was necessary to ensure deserving children did not suffer more fol

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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I like to build cool stuff . . . ” says this month’s mystery hero. He started building at a young age—he was two years old! Our hero was born in Oregon in 1983. He remembers building dams and cities and forts in the dirt in his backyard. He also bui

Woman's Day

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First, let go of “parenting guilt” and understand that it won’t be perfect. Try not to enforce a full day’s work but do give a loose structure with timings, so the kids know how the day will unfold. We let them choose their uniforms daily – yes, some

Pretoria News Weekend

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MANY South Africans have turned a stormy 2020 in their favour, according to a recent online survey commissioned by Sanlam and completed by more than 5 000 people of all ages and walks of life. More than nine out of 10 (93%) respondents said they’d le

People Magazine South Africa

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YES, dreams are for sleep – some of them, at least. Others, though, are there to propel us into a better life; even stardom, perhaps... Malvin Musanhi came to SA when he was only three years old. He and his parents – mother, Pinkie, and father, Milto

Chicago Tribune

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Long before actor Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT scores, long before she and actor Lori Loughlin and a couple dozen other wealthy, connected parents were charged in a sweeping college

Metro

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The education market for films is traditionally not the place for gala openings, red carpets, glitz and champagne. It’s a market that focuses on function, content and access, not media hype, and it often operates below the radar of the mainstream ind

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - My first encounter with the Chess Lady was in a classroom at Dewey Elementary in Englewood, where she cheerfully explained the Fibonacci sequence to a group of third-graders. (And to me. I hadn't a clue.) "Add the first two numbers to get t

Creative Steps

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▪ Coloured wool, string or cord▪ Coloured pens, pencils, paints, crayons or chalk▪ White paper▪ Scissors▪ Glue or tape You can either get the children to follow a pre-formed template or free flow! 1 Choose your material – pens, paint, crayons, finger

India Today

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“SSCBS was a new college with fresh concepts at the graduate level in 1991. The curriculum was carefully crafted; student-teacher interactions were intense. The course laid a solid foundation for me in business management” ■

Good Housekeeping South Africa

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Maybe you’ve got a child who struggles for four hours over what could, on another day, be 20 minutes of homework. Or maybe you can’t get the kitchen clean because oh, look, there’s that box you were going to sort through! It’s all about focus and how

Facility Management

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As with the general workforce, the average age of facility managers is increasing. The seminal ‘Raising the Bar’ report showed that for facility management professional members of the Royal Institute of Chartered surveyors, more are over 70 than unde

Mornings with Jesus

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FOR SIXTEEN YEARS I WORKED in elementary schools, either as a teacher or a consultant, and I’m not sure who learned more—me or my students. Each day “life” lessons proved to be far more powerful than whatever textbooks could teach, and I learned some

Saturday Star

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MANY South Africans have turned a stormy 2020 in their favour, according to a recent online survey commissioned by Sanlam and completed by more than 5 000 people of all ages and walks of life. More than nine out of 10 (93%) respondents said they’d le

Nashville Lifestyles Magazine

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Adventure Science Center is gearing up for a creative, innovative, quirky, fun, and educational year of camps for kids in grades K-6th. Weekly sessions explore themes your children know and love while introducing STEAM concepts to ignite their curios