Pencil

Pencil Sharpener 'Museum' Finds New Home

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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LOGAN, Ohio -- Tourism officials have made a point of displaying the hundreds of pencil sharpeners collected by an Ohio minister who died last summer....

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The Lowly Pencil

Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meg Waite Clayton

There is nothing like the freedom of a pencil as I'm taking the muck that is a first draft and trying to make something of it. Not quite right the first time? Erase and try again!

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You Can Help a Public School Student Graduate -- So do it Now!

Norma Kamali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norma Kamali

The call-to-action is quite clear. Share your skills, staff, company and resources, and talent with the public schools. You can help a public school student graduate.

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Is America Ready to Have a Grown-Up Conversation About Educating our Kids?

Lisa Belzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Belzberg

Do we as a nation have the attention span and the stomach to tackle what has become the civil rights issue of our generation?

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