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...joint workshop for Lionel A and B entryways, Morgan C. Wimberley ’07 says the meeting began on a hostile note when some of her peers brought their homework and Wilson asked them to put it away...
...kind. In the days after Wilson's essay appeared, government officials began to steer reporters away from Wilson's conclusions, raising questions about his veracity and the agency's reasons for sending him in the first place. They told reporters that Wilson's evidence was thin, said his homework was shoddy and suggested that he had been sent to Niger by the CIA only because his wife had nominated...
...eyebrows shoot up. “No toque!” he barks at the kids posing for pictures. Santiago, 15, would like to study electrical engineering at Harvard. “Is it hard?” he asks. “Do they give a lot of homework?” Clearly he was hoping for an answer other than the one he got. “Oh,” he frowns. “Well, I suppose it is good that it is hard.” Still, he doesn’t sound convinced. Devon...
...nonsense first-grade teacher began rattling off academic benchmarks and curriculum standards during parents' night last month, it was clear that we weren't in kindergarten anymore. She was precise about what was expected from the kids--and from us. Nightly reading and math problems, spelling and handwriting homework due each Friday and a mix of other assignments to be turned in at the end of each month. I quickly began to ponder one tough math problem: If we get home from work at 6 p.m., and we set aside time for piano practice, dinner, bath, a dollop of casual...
Sleep experts agree on a number of strategies to help keep kids on a healthy schedule. While it's tempting to reward children with a big chunk of free time after a long day at school, it's better to have them do their homework as early as possible. Says Mary Carskadon of Brown University: "They do need downtime, but it should be closer to bedtime." Parents should avoid overloading the calendar and limit extracurricular sports and lessons to one or two a week. Another thing to avoid is scheduling activities after...