The drudgery of daily life — getting ready for work, work, cleaning, cooking, washing and on and on — inspired two seasoned improvisational comics to write a book on ways to break the cycle.

That's the novel approach about a half-dozen Des Moines Public Schools are taking to get kids to read — using vending machines to distribute books.

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll ...

When kids are overwhelmed, but they don’t want to disappoint their parents, excuses pop up. They might have a stomachache, ...

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“I have believed since I was a teenager,” he wrote, “that the miseries and indignities of the last years of life are superfluous, and I am acting ... His 2011 book, “Thinking, Fast and ...

I lay on the couch and followed along: “With each inhale, say to yourself: ‘I am worthy.’ With each exhale, repeat: ‘I am enough ... a popular book on post-traumatic stress.

AliefVotes has worked with teens who avoided gang activity or recovered from substance ... me to release myself from not doing enough because I am enough,” she said. “There’s so much ...

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