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CNN: School celebrates teacher’s 99th birthday

“The average teacher retirement age is 59, according to the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. It’s a marker Zhelesnik has blown past.  She just turned 99.” Read more about this extraordinary woman: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/15/school-celebrates-teachers-99th-birthday/?hpt=hp_bn1

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CNN: “Make your rainy brain sunnier”

Author Elaine Fox shares why some people flourish, seemingly resilient to all that life throws at them, while others are vulnerable and at risk of serious problems like anxiety and depression: “My approach to unraveling this mystery has been to probe … Continue reading

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What happens when college grads have to move back home with mom and dad?

From CNN: ” “There used to be a logical progression: college, job, move on with life. But that’s not happening anymore.” More than half of college graduates move back home, sociologist Katherine Newman wrote in her book, “The Accordion Family: Boomerang … Continue reading

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