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10 Peculiar Things Public Schools Have Banned
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Carrie
- 252 days ago - mentalfloss.com
Remember Pogs? The game featured cardboard discs printed with some kind of design on one side (sometimes a TV show or company promo), and was played by stacking the pieces face-down and pummeling them with a slammer (a heavier metal piece).
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Schools Look at Whether Animals Belong There
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Yrna
- 846 days ago - heraldnet.com
Franklin can demonstrate some lessons of science just by being himself, an 11-month-old golden retriever. Like when the eager puppy, a guide dog in training, runs down a hallway and begins sliding on the shiny tile floor.
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10 Rock Stars Who Went to An Ivy League School
Offbeat  (tags: Rock Stars, Music, Ivy League School, Bands, College, Schools )

Nancy
- 1012 days ago - onlinecollegesanduniversities.com
If you're wishing for your online college experience to turn into something a little more glamorous, get the behind-the-music stories for these 10 rock stars.
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100 Ways to Learn a Foreign Language Online
Offbeat  (tags: Foreign Language, Learning, Schools, Online Education )

Nancy
- 1099 days ago - onlinedegreeprograms.org
From schools to translators and dictionaries, find the help you need here in this list of 100 ways that you can learn a foreign language online.
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Three-Legged Pit Bull Terrier Aims to Keep Dogs Out of the Fighting Pit
Offbeat  (tags: children, compassion, three legged pit bull, fighting ring, rescued, teacher, schools )

Simone
- 1117 days ago - network.bestfriends.org
A pit bull terrier amputee is having a big impact on Kansas City's youth. You would never know the horror this little dog endured in the first few weeks of his life without looking at his single hind leg. The missing paw and the scars up to his knee
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School Hugging Ban: Oregon Middle School Principal Says Hands Off
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Lady
- 1153 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Officials Said Students Were Using Friendly Gesture to Bully Others. There's the bear hug. The sympathy hug. The pat-the-back hug. All are now strictly forbidden at one Oregon middle school where the principal says some students were using the normally
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Survey Targeting Gay Coloradans Stresses Need for Safe Schools
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Lady
- 1163 days ago - denverpost.com
Schools need to be safe for gay students. That's the top priority for most gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Coloradans, according to a recent statewide survey.
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Wildlife Crime Lessons to Be Offered to Schools
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Simone
- 1216 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Schools are to be offered lessons on wildlife crime as part of efforts to tackle the illegal killing of animals.
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Back to School With Professor Paws
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, kids, schools, protection, dogs )

Cher
- 1294 days ago - animalsasia.org
After enjoying an extended summer holiday, our Professor Paws team was eager to get back to school recently. The early closing of schools because of swine flu infections last term meant that three schools missed out on their Professor Paws visits as the
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100 Interesting and Fun Open Courses You Wished You'd Taken In College
Offbeat  (tags: Schools, Open Course, College, Students )

Sophie
- 1306 days ago - universityonline.org
Listed sites are some interesting, fun and challenging open courses from several colleges and universities as well as a small list of other schools that host open courseware programs.
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100 Ivy-League Learning Tools Anyone Can Access
Offbeat  (tags: Ivy League, Education, Learning, Tools, Internet, Schools )

Jollygirl
- 1427 days ago - bestcollegesonline.com
With the help of the Internet, the Ivy League doesn't have to be walled off. Through online tools, libraries, and more, anyone can get access to learning tools created by Ivy League schools.
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10 Hot Celebrities Who Got Their MBA or Business Degree
Offbeat  (tags: Celebrities, Eduation, MBA, Schools, Colleges, Business )

Jollygirl
- 1469 days ago - mbainfo.com
Actors, singers, athletes and other entertainers have found celebrity status through a variety of avenues and opportunities. This group of ten hot celebrities, including pro athletes, mega movie stars, and music moguls also spent time in business school.
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Can You Measure Happiness in Schools?
Offbeat  (tags: Education, children, happiness, schools )

Jollygirl
- 1515 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
I'm not even a teacher, only a parent, and yet my heart sinks at the Government's latest proposal to judge schools on pupils' happiness.In a league-table mad society, engineered by management consultants largely for their own sake.
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100 Free and Useful Portable Apps for College Students
Offbeat  (tags: Internet Apps, Gadgets, Flashdrive, College, Schools, Students )

Jollygirl
- 1530 days ago - onlinecollegedegree.org
The following portable apps cover everything from documents to note-taking to organization to security to helpful tools and more, are all small enough to go anywhere, and cost absolutely nothing.
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100 Terrific Tools and Resources to Find Your Perfect College
Offbeat  (tags: University, College, Education, Learning, Schools )

Jollygirl
- 1558 days ago - bachelorsdegreeonline.com
From finding what colleges are available to taking quizzes to see how well you match to various schools to learning about different types of schools to school rankings, the following resources will certainly answer your questions.
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