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Teaching Kids to 'See' Play-Doh Possibilities

Dylan Kendall | Posted 05.25.2011

Dylan Kendall

What do kicks, Play-Doh, fun and a design challenge have to do with kids and learning? An opportunity to use play to help develop creative and analytical thinking skills in young people.

Somebody Come and Play

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Hollander

In the last two decades, children have lost an average of eight hours of free play a week. The American Academy of Pediatricians calls the decline of playtime "a national crisis."

Kids from the 'Hood: Wendy Williams, Barack Obama and The Prep School Negroes

David Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

David Kaufman

As the Obama presidency and economic downturn confirm, we're living in a period of both unprecedented possibility and vast economic inequality for African Americans.

The Return of Atlantis Prompted a Look at America's Future ... and I'm Very Troubled

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Goldstein

Is this the grand vision for human spaceflight we embraced 40 years ago when we saw Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the Moon?

The High Cost of a Brand Name College

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Jenifer Fox

Since 1983, U.S. News & World Report has changed the way parents and students choose institutions of higher education, so that a college degree is only as good as its brand name.