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How to make the most of parent-teacher conferences during back-to-school and beyond
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parent-teacher conferences can conjure a familiar scene: adults crammed into child-size chairs, listening to teachers run through a list of students' achievements and struggles.
For many families, they can also mean frustration. Today's school conferences are sometimes 15 to 20 minutes, with little ... (full story)
Researchers, advocates rail against government's efforts to end workforce data collection
Civil rights groups and researchers at a public hearing Aug. 11 called on a federal agency to continue its annual collection of workplace demographic data, arguing that a proposal to end the practice will undermine efforts to fight discrimination.
Twenty-two speakers testified at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's hea ... (full story)
Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Most do because of the first-night effect
The first night in a new place is always the same for Robinson Leoni: He takes longer to fall asleep, wakes up more often during the night and gets less sleep overall.
At home he averages seven hours. The first night away — with or without earplugs and regardless of the bed's quality — his smartwatch tells him he get ... (full story)
Blues 'enthusiast' Morgan Freeman's album covers 100 years of the genre
NEW YORK (AP) — It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not.
“There was no place where we could guarantee that you could go in and hear it,&rdqu ... (full story)
Speedboat driver charged after capsizing on Statue of Liberty tour, killing infant and mother
NEW YORK (AP) — A speedboat that capsized during a nighttime tour around the Statue of Liberty, drowning a baby girl and her mother, was illegally chartered, overcrowded and operating with a slew of safety violations, federal prosecutors said Aug. 10.
The boat’s pilot, Manuel Hernandez, was charged with causing the d ... (full story)