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Tackle Pronoun Usage Errors on ACT English Section 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Do you struggle to correctly use pronouns? If so, you may understandably be wary of the ACT English section. This portion of the ACT contains 75 questions, which you must answer in 45 minutes. More than 50 percent of the English section tests standard English conventions, such as sentence structure It's Time to Change the Conversation About Mental Health 11/19/2017 07:00pm • At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper Logic performed a new song. The song, 1-800-273-8255, is the number to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. According to the director of the organization, in the three weeks following the release of the song, call volume increased by more than one Help Teens Balance Jobs, College Apps During the Holidays 11/19/2017 07:00pm • College applications and after-school jobs can make the holiday season even busier for high school seniors. Cassie Poncelow, a counselor at Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, says many of her students enjoy working because they are somewhat forced into managing their time better. But it' Baseball heroes honored at US Navy Memorial 11/17/2017 01:03am • WASHINGTON — On the same night Major League Baseball handed out their final season awards, another award was being announced at the U.S. Navy Memorial in downtown DC. MLB Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver, Darren O’Day of the Baltimore Orioles, and Chief Petty Officer Edmundo Brantes of the United Lawsuit: Md. school became 'breeding ground' for child sex abuse 11/16/2017 07:15pm • WASHINGTON — At least 10 school staff members raised red flags about a school aide’s behavior — complaints ranging from disrupting class to hitting students to concerns about his inappropriate relationships with students. Yet nothing was done to stop the behavior or investigate complaints, Caregiver, You Matter 11/16/2017 07:00pm • This month, we celebrate National Family Caregivers Month. Started by the Caregiver Action Network (formerly National Family Caregivers Association), it's a time to heighten awareness of the tireless and heroic work millions of family caregivers do daily. A recent study by Merrill Lynch (surveying 300+ APS teachers trained in multi-sensory education to combat dyslexia 11/16/2017 05:00pm •   More than 300 Arlington Public Schools teachers have been trained to help students with dyslexia by using an approach that combines various senses and teaches sounds before making them into words. The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education’s Orton-Gillingham approach trains teachers t Keep kids busy at Thanksgiving gatherings with a craft table 11/16/2017 09:47am • In many homes, the Thanksgiving gathering stretches for hours. It’s not an eat-and-run kind of day — you’re all in it for the long haul. And while adults have an acquired ability to make their own entertainment (catching up with Uncle Ivan, tossing around a football, helping in the kitchen) Nats, Mets on collision course for odd situation in Syracuse 11/16/2017 12:54am • WASHINGTON — Aside from the occasional buzzworthy prospect or promotion, most people don’t pay the minor leagues too much attention. But a situation is brewing between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets that may leave the Nats’ Triple-A affiliate in Syracuse in a bizarre limbo for the 18 H.D. Woodson High School football players suspended from Turkey Bowl after fight 11/15/2017 08:02pm • WASHINGTON — Eighteen D.C. high school football players aren't permitted to play in the marquee Turkey Bowl game this year after their involvement in an on-field brawl with Eastern Senior High School players during a Nov. 11 game. Eighteen H.D. Woodson High School students and seven Eastern Se Help Your Kids Hit Their Stride By Practicing Gratitude 11/15/2017 07:00pm • By teaching children the true meaning of gratitude, we can enhance their emotional wellness. "What are you grateful for today?" This question was difficult for 14-year-old "Claire" -- a patient of mine whose real name I'm not using to protect her privacy -- to answer when she first started coming t Health Care Workers Deploy Creative Strategies to Calm Terrified Immigrant Patients 11/15/2017 07:00pm • A young mother and her child were at a community health center in Cornelius, Oregon, in the spring when the woman received a text message that terrified her. It warned that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were conducting operations at a nearby supermarket, arresting suspected u Eliminating the Need for Opioids in Cesarean Section Deliveries 11/15/2017 07:00pm • The opioid crisis continues to plague every community in the country, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that 91 Americans die daily from opioid-involved deaths. And with a new study suggesting that the number of deaths may be severely under-reported, it is clear that mo 9 Tips to Ease Re-Entry at U.S. Borders 11/15/2017 07:00pm • Whether your cellphone contains confidential business documents or you're packing homemade cranberry sauce, unless you're exempt by diplomatic status, you'll be subject to examination by officials from the Department of Customs and Border Protection. Air passengers also must abide by additional sec Chile's Election Serves as a Referendum on Michelle Bachelet's Domestic Legacy 11/15/2017 07:00pm • SANTIAGO -- Lidia Sandoval, a 57-year old housemaid in Chile's capital, says she voted for Michelle Bachelet in 2013 because she inspired her trust, was "close to the people" and a leftist. Today, however, she feels disillusioned. "She didn't solve people's daily problems," she says of Chile's outg