• Scientists endorse proposal for driver cellphone ban0

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that all 50 states ban personal electronic devices for drivers (even bluetooth or hands-free devices). The NTSB has no legislative power, but their recommendation is likely to be influential with lawmakers. Medical scientists are strongly endorsing the recommendation, saying that cell phones are too distracting for the

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  • Science of Sinkholes: 20 Percent of U.S. Lies in Susceptible Areas0

    Ever since a devastating sinkhole occurred in Florida last month, people have been raising questions and concerns about this dangerous phenomenon. Approximately 20% of the U.S. lies in areas susceptible to sinkholes; people need to be informed about this hazard, and more research is needed. Science Daily, 3/5/2013

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  • Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.

    Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.0

    “These are kids who spent most of their formative years – kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, when you’re supposed to be learning social skills – not learning them. They don’t have those social skills,” Wendy Gonzalez, an elementary school teacher in Richmond, CA. said that as a result of remote learning during the pandemic, many of her students didn’t “know how to talk to each other.”

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  • School Curriculum Falls Short on Bigger Life Lessons0

    Many child development experts are worried that the lessons children are learning in school won’t help them to succeed. These experts believe that the constant growing emphasis on academic performance and test scores prevents children from developing important life skills like self-control, motivation, focus and resilience, which are better indicators of long-term success than earning

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  • Scaring young drivers into putting down their cell phones0

    Texting while driving could cost you your life. Just ask 19-year-old Liz Marks who knows first-hand about the dire consequences of distracted driving. Marks admitted that she was texting behind the wheel when she crashed into a stopped tow truck back in 2012. Luckily she survived, but was left with a collapsed lung, fractured skull and traumatic brain injury.

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  • Saving the World—One Vacation at a Time0

    Read on for The Wall Street Journal's picks for the best in volunteer travel in 2012. The Wall Street Journal, 12/19/2011

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