Live & Learn Articles About Generations
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What Kids Can Do
Civic Ventures Purpose Prize honoree Barbara Cervone refocused her nonprofit career to help kids show the world what worthwhile things they could accomplish. It works, and it works globally too.
February 12, 2009
Music Mentor: Shining a Light on Young Lives
Through musical theater, Turkish minority kids in Germany sing about their frustrations and share their dreams, challenging stereotypes and changing minds—their own and their audience's.
September 25, 2008
By: Alexandra Starr | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
Remedial Reading Going to the Dogs?
Thanks to creative thinking by educators, this shaggy dog story is about specially trained animals who help children with reading problems.
November 18, 2007
By: Nissa Simon | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
Exploring the Depths of Science
Bob Ballard, the deep sea explorer who found the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor, shares the excitement of oceanographic science with teachers and students through the JASON Project.
August 31, 2007
By: Matt Villano | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
Meet the Fugees
Luma Mufleh is much more than a soccer coach to her team of young refugees from war-torn countries like Iraq, Sudan, and Bosnia.
May 23, 2007
By: Louise Sloan | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
Learning Their A-Bee-Cs
What kids can glean from the social behavior of bees—and why it matters.
November 17, 2006
By: Susan Piperato | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
The Kids Who Saved a Creek
When biology teacher Tom Furrer recruited some students to help clean up a creek in 1983, he didn't know that soon they would build and launch a fish hatchery.
August 28, 2006
By: Matt Villano | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
Bring a Poet (or Dancer) to Class
How Stephanie Berry, a performing artist, uses the lively arts to draw inner city kids into learning.
May 17, 2006
By: Hanna Rubin | Source: NRTA Live & Learn
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