Education Stories Colleges strive to make foreign languages relevant. USA TODAY - Jul 26, 2010 Timothy A. Bennett strives toward a new vision for the foreign language department. "You can think of a university as a little continent full of different kingdoms," said Bennett, chair of the... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Equity of test is debated as children compete for gifted kindergarten The New York Times - Jul 25, 2010 Teachers at the Bloomingdale Head Start program in Manhattan tell Alexis Stewart that her 4-year-old son, Chase, is bright. He knows about different fish, different birds, different species,” Ms.... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Toward a new generation of superplastics Science Daily - Jul 25, 2010 Scientists are reporting an in-depth validation of the discovery of the world's first mass producible, low-cost, organoclays for plastics. The powdered material, made from natural clay, would be a... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 From a list of ideas, to an 11,200-word essay The Washington Post - Jul 23, 2010 Here is a letter written by a high school student about the many ways he benefitted from researching and writing a scholarly history paper. Tianhao He, a rising senior at Walter Johnson High School... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Hamilton tests response with full-scale mock emergency USA TODAY - Jul 23, 2010 Emergency helicopters, a SWAT team and armed state police officers descended on Hamilton College on Tuesday in what seemed like a full-blown emergency complete with gunmen, a hostage, and victims... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 The history of ice cream (July is national ice cream month.) The Washington Post - Jul 23, 2010 I love history. I love ice cream (and so did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and, of course, Dolley Madison). So, to mark National Ice Cream Month, for which we have Ronald Reagan to thank,... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5