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  • May 2008

    • Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 7, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      About 10% of new fathers show signs of clinical depression—a rate twice that of other men—and that can have a noticeable effect on their children, an American Psychiatric Association study finds. Sad dads interact less with their progeny, which means less bedtime reading and a smaller vocabulary by age 2, reports USA Today . More »

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      parenting  • depression  • reading  • infant  • toddler  • literacy  • fatherhood  • vocabulary

  • February 2008

    • Eating Isn't Only Healthy Benefit of Family Dinner

      newser  |  NPR  |  Feb 7, 08 1:18 PM CST

      Eating Isn't Only Healthy Benefit of Family Dinner

      Studies in the 1990s showed that regular family dinners made kids less likely to do drugs, smoke or have psychological problems, but a closer look now finds that it's what goes on during those meals—strong verbal interaction, parents showing interest in their children—that really counts in the youngsters' health and development, NPR reports. More »

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      family  • reading  • literacy

  • December 2007

    • Survey: Minneapolis the Most Literate US City

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Dec 29, 07 6:25 AM CST

      Survey: Minneapolis the Most Literate US City

      New York may be the US city with the most literary pretensions, but the nation's most literate city it's not, a new survey finds. Minneapolis takes the honors as most literate large metropolitan area in a Central Connecticut State University survey reported in LiveScience. The nine runners-up are, in order: Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Boston. More »

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      Internet  • Minneapolis  • publishing  • libraries  • literacy

  • November 2007

    • Is Our Children Reading?

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Nov 19, 07 12:46 PM CST

      Is Our Children Reading?

      As far as young people are concerned, books are so 20th century. Reading's popularity has fallen as gadgets have taken over modern life, according to a new National Endowment for the Arts report. Only a third of high school seniors read at a proficient level. “And proficiency is not a high standard,” the NEA’s chairman told the Boston Globe . “We’re talking about reading the daily newspaper.” More »

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      children  • book  • reading  • literacy  • National Endowment for the Arts

  • April 2007

    • India Short On Skilled Workers

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Apr 9, 07 10:42 AM CDT

      India Short On Skilled Workers

      Why is India short on skilled labor when it's teeming with Ph.D.s? While the staggering growth of its tech industry seems to have put the country in the running for the world’s next superpower, James Surowiecki observes that the Bengal tiger could be made of paper. Thirty per cent of the country is still illiterate. Only 10 percent go to college. More »

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      India  • education  • labor  • globalization  • tech industry  • literacy

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