When Is Poor Punctuation Okay?

"It wz d best of tImz, it wz d worst of tImz, it wz d age of wisdom, it wz d age of foolishness." If Charles Dickens' classic first line had read like this, it's unlikely that many people would still know who he is. And Winnie-the-Pooh wouldn't be quite the same as if he was "comin downstairs nw, bump, bump, bump, on d bak of Hs hed, Bhind Christopher Robin."

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Teen Writing Skills in a Tech World

Despite opinions to the contrary, our chat-enabled, Internet-savvy, IM-happy teens are continuing to master the “basic” writing skills they needed to coherently convey information (without acronyms or emoticons!). In fact, the average score on the writing component of the assessment has increased for both 8th and 12th graders...

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Co-Parenting After Divorce

To some it's a slippery slope. Why single out divorced parents for parent education when there are plenty of intact couples who could benefit from learning parenting skills? To others it makes perfect sense: if a couple can't get along well enough to stay married, how can they be expected to communicate well enough to co-parent children?

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