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Members of School Girls Unite include, front row from left, Anika Manzoor, Shayna Goldsmith, Mira Fleming, Melissa Gross and Danielle Jones; middle row, from left, Molara Obe, Monica Ashok, Georgia Handforth, Joanne Conelley, Debattama Sen, Melinda Zhou and Dandio Coulibaly; and back, from left, Rachel Berlage, Jon Kesten, Binetou Koite and Emily Menase.
Members of School Girls Unite include, front row from left, Anika Manzoor, Shayna Goldsmith, Mira Fleming, Melissa Gross and Danielle Jones; middle row, from left, Molara Obe, Monica Ashok, Georgia Handforth, Joanne Conelley, Debattama Sen, Melinda Zhou and Dandio Coulibaly; and back, from left, Rachel Berlage, Jon Kesten, Binetou Koite and Emily Menase.

Early Bedtimes Work, Too, for Sleep-Deprived Teens

Dear Extra Credit: As the mother of 17- and 19-year-olds, I have much firsthand experience with sleep-deprived teenagers. In the end, after many hours and much research and discussion, I have changed my mind about the effort to start the high school day later. I have come to believe the massive d...


Add It Up: Math Matters

Parents who walk into an elementary classroom might not recognize a mathematics lesson. Children are likely out of their seats, clustered in boisterous groups, flipping coins or arranging colored tiles. The exercise could be part science experiment, part history lesson, part story time.


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