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Teacher Q | Does the 'Gifted' Label Get In the Way of Developing Real Potential?
A guest post from David Shenk, author of "The Genius in All of Us."
Making Sense of the Census: Ideas For Classes Across the Curriculum
In this lesson, students consider the purpose of the census and examine the issues surrounding the 2010 census. They then do one of several multidisciplinary activities designed to make it relevant to their experience, perspective and learning.
What Are Your Favorite Keepsakes From Childhood?
Student Opinion | Tell us what mementos from your childhood you still hold on to, and why.
News Quiz | March 12, 2010
See what you know about the news of the day.
Hooping It Up
6 Q's About the News | Why do you think fitness experts say exercise should be fun?

Political Clout and Money at Stake in U.S. Census Count
Next week, American households will begin receiving their census questionnaires in the mail. Conducted every 10 years, the census is the government's attempt to count every single person living in the United States and paint a picture of the country that determines political representation in Congress.
Letters from Afghan Radio
Radio Azadi has become the most popular media outlet in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban government.
Brain Studies of Adolescents Challenge Assumptions
New studies show that the teen brain is fundamentally different than adult brains.
Iraqis Vote Despite Bombings
Undaunted by a series of attacks at polls that killed at least 38 people, 60 percent of Iraqi voters turned out for the country's parliamentary elections.
Crisis in Sudan
A humanitarian crisis continues to plague the African nation of Sudan, where food shortages and drought are contributing to violence, political instability and death.

Judges Uphold ‘God’ in Pledge, Currency
(from WashingtonTimes.com) AP, SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
U.N. Food Aid to Somalia Bypasses Needy
(by Jeffrey Gettleman and Neil MacFarquhar, NYTimes.com) - As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new Security Council report.
Respect Yourself
(by Harry R. Jackson, Jr., Townhall.com) - Last month, Catherine Davis and her Atlanta-based Georgia Right to Life organization launched a groundbreaking effort to stop the egregious number of black abortions in their state. The organization decided to use billboards to present its case for life - that's right - billboards. ...
Eager Elephants
...it would appear "accountability journalism" has broken new ground yet again...
Detroit Looks at Downsizing to Save City
(by David Runk, WashingtonTimes.com) AP, DETROIT - Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.

Junior Ranger Essay Contest

Have you ever hiked or camped in a national park? Then you probably have seen a park ranger on duty. The National Park Foundation wants kids ages 9 to 12 to enter a contest and write an essay answering this...
Black Penguin Spotted

While on his Bus2Antarctica expedition, Andrew Evans spotted something unusual--a black king penguin. The penguin is all black because of melanism. Melanism is an overproduction of melanin, which turns feathers (or skin or fur) dark. Many animal species exhibit...
"Peeps in Places" Photo Competition

Peeps, the sugar-coated marshmallow treats shaped like bunnies and chicks, have been unwrapped and are traveling the world! National Geographic is challenging photographers to enter a photo competition to find the most creative Peeps travel photo. Be sure to sign...
Fish Fall From the Sky

The residents of the tiny Australian town of Lajamanu were surprised to see fish falling from the sky in late February, reports Australia's Northern Territory News. Surprisingly, the fish were still alive when they landed. The falling fish may have...
Strong Earthquake Shakes Chile

On February 27, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off of the shore of Chile, which is on the western side of South America. The quake damaged buildings, bridges, and power lines. It also caused tsunamis that battered Chile's coast...

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The planet Uranus discovered: 13 March 1781 - This Day in History
English astronomer William Herschel observed this day in 1781 the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus—first described by him as “a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet” and named for the father of the god Saturn.
More Events on this day:
1986: Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev were sent aloft aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to rendezvous with the space station Mir and become its first occupants.
1938: The Anschluss, political union between Austria and Germany, was announced.
1884: Al-Mahd began the Siege of Khartoum, capital of the Sudan, which was defended by an Egyptian garrison under the British general Charles George (“Chinese”) Gordon.
1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in St. Petersburg.
1642: The marquis de Cinq-Mars, a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, signed a secret treaty with King Philip IV of Spain in a plot to overthrow Cardinal de Richelieu.
William Glackens: Biography of the Day
William Glackens
American artist William Glackens, whose paintings of street scenes and urban life rejected the dictates of 19th-century academic art and introduced a matter-of-fact realism into U.S. art, was born this day in 1870.

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