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		<title>Caring Starts At Home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple ways to help kids learn the power of giving and and grow into caring individuals It’s no secret that kids learn best by doing. But they’re also keen observers as well as little copycats. I constantly hear from parents that they want their kids to grow up to be caring and giving individuals. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does &#8216;Teaching to the Test&#8217; Actually Encourage Cheating?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By  Character Education Partnership &#8220;Teachers matter,&#8221; said President Obama last week in his State of the Union address. &#8220;Instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo let&#8217;s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Mid-Year School Check-Up to Ensure Kid School Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My TODAY show report: 7 items parents should check-up on now to improve kids&#8217; learning success mid-year. That crucial second school semester is in full bloom. Mid-year is when parents alike have a good idea about how their kids are doing in school &#8211; which subjects are hard or easy and how they like their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stress Management for Moms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 proven stress busters I shared on TODAY for the sake of our health and our kids&#8217; well-being Let’s face it, “Mommying” has always been stressful, so it should be no surprise that 70 percent of U.S. moms admit mothering is “incredibly stressful.” (A whooping 96 percent also feel that we are far more stressed [...]]]></description>
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