Word: reade
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...students, since half of them tend not to know it. Curious George too draws curious stares; many are familiar with the little monkey but not his tale. "What is shocking is that nobody in education is willing to say there are writers, poems, essays and books all Americans should read," says education expert Diane Ravich, editor of The American Reader. And less incentive for adventurous teachers to look for new ones...
...pupils through tales of slavery and oppression, struggle and emancipation and how all of it changed America so long ago. But on a February day earlier this year, the class at Highline Community School in Aurora, Colo., listened in shock as their teacher read a newspaper story about a country in Africa called Sudan and the thousands and thousands of people, mostly women and children, who were being traded as slaves there. Recalls Vogel: "There was terror and disbelief in their little eyes." Says Brad Morris, 11, who was in class that day: "No one had any idea that slavery...
...that it takes the whole world to save the village that will raise that child." The Clintons failed to respond. Oprah said the issue was too complex to deal with, simply urging the youngsters to keep up their grades. Says Laura: "She answered us like she hadn't even read our letter...
...ROSEANNE sued the National Enquirer for publishing her stolen love letters. In February, she'll act as the tabloid's guest editor. "They're a very influential magazine," says the talk-show host, who apparently possesses a bountiful capacity for forgiveness. "I read stuff about myself in the Enquirer, and two years later, it shows up in the New York Times." Roseanne is no cub reporter. In 1996 she acted as a consultant for a "women's" issue of the New Yorker. "I've gone from the supposed highest literary peak to a real working-class one," says Roseanne...
...private companies that freeze and save their children's cord blood. (Although cord-blood transplants work best in children, they have also been used to treat adults.) Should you store your next child's cord blood? The short answer is, probably not. But there are important exceptions, so please read...