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  Detroit Children's Choir Fills A Gap In Young Lives

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • May 1, 2012
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  Countless schools have eliminated vocal music -- a gap that the Detroit Children's Choir is starting to fill in Detroit.
  "If children don't have things like singing in their lives, if they're just existing, we're going to pay for that in the future,...
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  Urban Prep Announces 100 Percent of 2012 Graduating Seniors Accepted to a Four-Year Colleges

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • April 2, 2012
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  For the third consecutive year, 100 percent of the graduating seniors from the Englewood campus of Urban Prep Academies, the nation's first all-boys public charter high school, have accomplished what some thought would be impossible – every sin...
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  The Best Dr. Seuss Books and Apps

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • February 24, 2012
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  The books of beloved children’s author and illustrator, Dr. Seuss, have stood the test of time. His earliest work was published over 60 years ago, and many have comfortably made the transition to digital. In honor of the doc’s birthday &m...
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  PBS Celebrates Dr. Suess' Birthday on March 2nd

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • February 3, 2012
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  On March 2, PBS KIDS will celebrate the 108th birthday of Dr. Seuss on-air, online, and on mobile.  PBS stations nationwide will feature THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT-A-THON, a two-hour marathon of THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! (check local li...
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  Kindergarten Lessons All Taught In Chinese

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • October 10, 2011
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  In many ways, a kindergarten class at Benjamin Mays Magnet Elementary in St. Paul is like any other; they sing songs, learn numbers, and tell stories. The big difference is that the students are learning everything in Mandarin Chinese.“It&rsquo...
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  Just Like You, A Children's Book About Acceptance and Inclusion

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • October 3, 2011
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  When values of acceptance and kindness are instilled early, children's minds and worlds expand. That is the lesson of this extraordinary new children's book – Just Like You – an endearing tale about Henry, a deaf field mouse and his best ...
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  The Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation hosts second-annual Girls Who Rule The World Mentoring Weekend

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  • August 10, 2011
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  After a successful debut in 2010, The Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation will host the second annual Girls Who Rule The World Mentoring Weekend (GWRTW) to help teenage girls from diverse backgrounds successfully navigate the pressures and pitfall...
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  Reading Success Among African American Males Captures Attention of WhatWorksSC of the Riley Institute

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  • August 4, 2011
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  Based on the documented growth in reading achievement among African American males at Clinton Elementary School in South Carolina, American Reading Company's 100 Book Challenge has been identified by the WhatWorksSC Clearinghouse as a program that ma...
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  Usher's New Look Foundation to Hold Annual World Leadership Conference and Awards

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • July 19, 2011
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  Usher's New Look Foundation will host up to 500 youth from around the globe, including the U.K., Africa and Asia, at the World Leadership Conference and Awards at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta from July 20th - 22nd. The Conference theme, "One World Po...
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  New Website Delivers the Next Generation of Arts Integration Practice to Classrooms Around the World

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  • July 13, 2011
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  Arts Integration Solutions, the education services arm of the Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA) Foundation, has launched an interactive arts integration training and resources website for teachers, artists and school teams."Our mission is to help ...