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Once upon a time, the phrase "teaching to the test" carried a negative connotation.

Did you know that 50 percent of Minnesota children arrive at kindergarten unprepared to learn? The more words a child hears, the larger the childa s vocabulary when they start kindergarten and the more likely that child will become a proficient reader.

The antibullying amendment proposed in Minnesota would expand bullying guidelines to cover sexual orientation, national origin, physical characteristics and probably a bunch of other things once all is said and done.

Hoover Elementary student Tate Alfstad chooses a book off a library shelf. Photos by John Cross / From left: Kalie Holland, Abby Nelson, Louise Dhyvetter, Caden Killion put up 'I love to read' hearts around ...

Nadia Kajouji's parents couldn't believe what they were reading: Buy a rope that's long enough and strong enough to do the job, a writer in an online chat room had advised their 18-year-old college student, ...

Reading the post from the new parent seriously considering foregoing vaccinations...please don't make that mistake.

In her 80s, Martha Linsley bought a small typewriter from Montgomery Ward, taught herself to type and transcribed hundreds of letters she and her children and her husband wrote to one another during the Great ...

Writes Al B of Hartland: "When I was a boy, I would anxiously await the arrival each year of catalogs from Montgomery Ward's and J.C. Penney's. These catalogs were known as 'wish books' because most of us would ...

I've come a long way, baby. Unfortunately, that's not all positive. The recent snowstorms reminded me of a guest column I had written several years ago.

Reading voters' minds is not "an exact science," state elections' officials learned Tuesday as they examined the first of what could be more than 1,500 U.S. Senate ballots.

Looking for a gift? The Christmas Recipe Countdown on my blog, 'Etc. and More' at www.baxterbulletin.com, now is available in print at The Bulletin office, 16 W. Sixth St.

The 'normal' school teachers are probably spending most of their time attempting to manage the classroom read more with your unruly kid/kids. How come the Americorp workers are having success? Proven techniques ...