Parents of special ed children are not crazy, they are just moms.
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The complete US jobs report for December in two simple charts
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SD81 Welcomes Students Back from Winter Break!
Today was our students’ first day back after their long winter break! They were back at work with many smiles for their teachers and friends. We are happy to see our students in their school buildings ready to learn, and wish all of our District 81 families a happy and healthy new year!
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Standardized testing.
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A few weeks ago I registered to take the online qualifying test for Jeopardy.
Maybe like you, I have watched Jeopardy for years.
Maybe like you, members of my family have said, “You should be on this show.”
I was foolish enough to believe them.
I was scheduled for last night at 6PM.
I had written the entry password down somewhere, so the first job was to remember where I had put that slip of paper from two weeks ago. I went looking frantically around the house until Anne reminded me that I had put the number in my iCalendar. You would have thought my lack of memory about this would be a warning to me of what was to come.
Excited, I logged on at exactly 5:30, the earliest I could for my 6PM test. On the screen of my computer popped a timer counting down. With…
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January 8 is National English Toffee Day
National English Toffee Day
Five Food Finds about Toffee
- Toffee and Caramel are sometimes interchangeable.
- Toffees consist of mainly sugar and water, while caramels use dairy products in their production, making them softer
- Almondy butter treats are toffee from England. This kind of candy is known globally and has many varieties.
- Michigan toffee comes in varies styles, some hard and some chewy, some chocolate covered with nut sprinkles.
- Tafia, a West Indian rum of molasses or sugarcane juice, is theorized to be the source of the word.
On This Day in Food History…
1676 Charles II of England revoked his previous proclamation suppressing Coffee Houses due to public response.
1800 The first soup kitchens in London were opened to serve the poor.
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace was born. Wallace was a British naturalist who developed a theory of natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. He…
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