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School Curriculum Falls Short on Bigger Life Lessons0
- Family & Kids
- September 10, 2011
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
READ MOREScaring young drivers into putting down their cell phones0
- Consumer Alerts
- April 3, 2014
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.
READ MORESaving the World—One Vacation at a Time0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 22, 2011
Read on for The Wall Street Journal's picks for the best in volunteer travel in 2012. The Wall Street Journal, 12/19/2011
READ MORESaving Small Towns Through Groceries0
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 20, 2011
Like many small, rural towns across the country, Leeton, Mo., has been squeezed by bigger towns and shopping malls. The once booming town that now has barely 600 residents saw its last grocery store close in the late 1990s. Bonnie Seymour, a lifelong resident of Leeton and high school teacher at Leeton School, took matters into her
READ MORESalty Truth: Adults Worldwide Eating Too Much Sodium0
- Food & Nutrition
- March 27, 2013
According to research presented this week at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2013 Scientific Sessions, excessive salt led to nearly 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010. Researchers analyzed 247 surveys of adults participating in the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Survey, which is a collaborative study involving researchers from 50 different countries. The participants
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