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A Naval Academy plebe crosses a rope bridge during the annual Running of the Plebes. THE RUNNING OF THE PLEBES
Summer means another go at the confidence-building course
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Duke, UNC named cool schools
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How to get the extra help your child needs
Registering a child for school usually means showing up with a birth certificate, proof of residence and basic medical records. Five minutes, and you’re done
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Finding work gets complicated
Goutham Dindukurthi had already turned in a dozen essay questions as part of a job-application process when he received a message: “Sorry, we don’t hire international students”
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Fighting Obama plans, colleges boost lobbying
Academia may be a bastion of liberalism, but in the past two years, the higher education industry has often lined up opposite the White House and congressional Democrats — and has spent a lo...
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Lingua Latina Introitum in Vnivers. Harvard. Faciliorem Reddit*
*Translation: Latin makes entry into Harvard University easier
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2010-11 SCHOOLS CALENDAR
For most Durham Public Schools students, classes started Wednesday. Here are other key dates for the 2010-11 academic year for local schools on the 10-month or traditional calendar
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Novice teachers Erin McManamon (left), Brent Crouse and Candace Sharrow in a Teach for America training session in Philadelphia. LEARNING BY TEACHING
With limited training, Teach for America recruits play expanding role in schools
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Really, Steven Slater? You think you've got it bad?
I guess the parent equivalent would be screaming into the Playskool microphone, filling the blow-up pool with pinot grigio, hopping in and letting the kids fend for themselves on Cheez Doodles and...
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Kate Oliphant (left), 5, plays with her cousin Emma Justice, 8. A reason to get dirty
“I took my Barbies out to play with me in the dirt,” said Candace Smyth, a lawyer in Takoma Park, Md., remembering growing up near her grandparents’ farm in Alabama. “I was...
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