Shootings Leave Sandy Hook Survivors Rethinking The Odds
About a month ago, Declan Procaccini's 10-year-old son woke him early in the morning in a fright."He came into my bedroom and said, 'Dad, I had a horrible, horrible dream!'" Procaccini says. "He was...
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Ever since she was a small child, Samantha Grimaldo has had to carry her voice with her.Grimaldo was born with a rare disorder, Perisylvian syndrome, which means that though she's physically capable in...
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All day long we're surrounded by faces. We see them on the subway sitting two by two, pass them on the sidewalk as we make our way to work, then nod to them in the elevator.But most of those faces...
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In 1979, when Jim Stigler was still a graduate student at the University of Michigan, he went to Japan to research teaching methods and found himself sitting in the back row of a crowded fourth-grade...
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This weekend, 20 people from around the country will meet in a nondescript hotel room in Arlington, Va., and take a vote.
View ArticleShootings Leave Sandy Hook Survivors Rethinking The Odds
About a month ago, Declan Procaccini's 10-year-old son woke him early in the morning in a fright."He came into my bedroom and said, 'Dad, I had a horrible, horrible dream!'" Procaccini says. "He was...
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