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Your Ultimate High School Reading List

Posted 02.20.2013 | Teen
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It's not always fun to read when it's required for school, but once in a while a special piece of literature will bring out our inner book-worm and ge...

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The 10 Most Important Life Lessons From High School Required Reading

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 02.04.2013 | Teen
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The most important things you take away from high school are generally learned outside the classroom -- chances are, you won't remember anything from ...

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WATCH: The Bane of Banned Books

Bill Moyers | Posted 12.01.2012 | Books
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Bill Moyers

Even in this modern day and age, some folks in communities across America are saying: "No. That Book ISN'T For You" and for reasons that have nothing to do with the community, the school, or the reader -- and everything to do with prejudice.

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You Can't Fix Stupid

George Heymont | Posted 06.16.2012 | Arts
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George Heymont

One of the most memorable characters in American literature is stupid in the oldest and truest sense of the word. Although he appears to be warm, human, and inhabits the body of a man, his mind and personality never progressed past childhood.

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12 Book Titles That Came From Poems

| Posted 03.08.2012 | Books
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By Gabe Habash for PWxyz: Sometimes a book title is a no-brainer. "Herzog." "Mating." "Cujo." But sometimes writers get directly inspired by other ...

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Tony Danza Reminds me of... Me

Elory Rozner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Elory Rozner

Teach Tony Danza is not a rigorous investigation of our education system. But the show does a nice job spotlighting some of the complexities of teaching and the keen awareness students have of their learning environment.

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Rep. Steve Cohen: Sarah Palin Made John McCain Look Like "A Captured Soldier in North Vietnam"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Cenk Uygur

Certainly we don't see much of that maverick John McCain who was brave enough to be bipartisan anymore. There is definitely something to Rep. Cohen's observation that the roles have reversed since the presidential campaign.

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Artist Angela Dufresne On Recreating History

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012 | Arts
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Kimberly Brooks

Angela Dufresne, The Bruno S Island Acting School and the S House, Paris, France, 2006, oil on canvas, 66 by 108 inches. Courtesy of the artist and M...

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