Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

Reading Aloud to Middle School Students From “EDUTOPIA” Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers. By Kasey Short May 14, 2019 ©iStock/skynesher By the time many students reach middle school, they … Continue reading →

The symbolism of the 13 folds of the U.S. Flag If you’ve attended a funeral honoring a veteran who served our country, perhaps you witnessed the folding of the flag that once covered the casket of a loved one. Each of … Continue reading →

Report: Religious Couples Have Happier Marriages New study examines egalitarianism, religion in 21st-century relationships BY: Charles Fain Lehman Follow @CharlesFLehman  May 21, 2019 5:00 am Both religion and egalitarianism have something to offer those seeking a happy marriage in a world … Continue reading →

  Kindergarten students trace letters and digraphs onto a plastic gridded sheet during their phonics lesson at Benteen Elementary School in Atlanta. Photo: ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA [dot] POINTER [at] AJC [dot] COM Kemp plan to “dismantle” Common Core rekindles … Continue reading →

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO     EDUCATION This Teen Nearly Died In A May 2018 Texas School Shooting. Now She’s Just Trying To Live Heard on Morning Edition LAURA ISENSEE FROM     It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, and Sarah Salazar would … Continue reading →

Alpha-Phonics Blog Editor Comment: The new SAT tests will  grade students on so called “ADVERSITY FACTORS” such as:   crime and poverty rates in the neighborhood where the teens grew up,  housing values, family median income, whether a student is a … Continue reading →

Koalas are now ‘functionally extinct,’ Australian experts say By Hannah Frishberg May 16, 2019 | 10:20am | Updated Shutterstock MORE ON: KOALA ‘Feisty’ koala refuses to leave air-conditioned car This is one damn sexy koala Koala ‘roar’ sounds more rude than you’d think This is … Continue reading →

  Stolen Picasso unearthed by ‘Indiana Jones of art’ Jan HENNOP ,AFP•March 26, 2019 The Hague (AFP) – A Dutch art detective dubbed the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” has struck again, finding a Picasso painting worth 25 million … Continue reading →

SMARTNEWS Keeping you current How Much Electricity Can Thunderstorms Produce? Researchers used a cosmic ray detector to clock one storm in at a shocking 1.3 billion volts image: https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/CME9rCEfxswVJDr3ROB83LOp8LE=/800×600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/7c/dc/7cdcc91e-2221-4b30-9198-dfaa07b4d6d6/grapes_3.jpg Illustration of the GRAPES-3 Muon telescope in a lightning storm. (PRANAY GODAWAT/ GRAPES-3 … Continue reading →

  East Africa’s Mara River Relies on Hippo Poop to Transport a Key Nutrient Hippo droppings account for more than three-quarters of the ecosystem’s silica Hippos excrete 880 pounds of silica into Kenya’s Mara River every day (Public domain) By Meilan Solly … Continue reading →