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Remote learning is hard to love. The nation’s forced experiment in online education the past few years has been a disaster for kids. Educators and parents alike have come to view virtual learning as a necessary evil at best, an ad hoc response to a national crisis. In a survey by McKinsey & Company, 60 percent of teachers rated the effectiveness of remote learning between one and three out of ten. Many attribute remote learning to the catastrophic decline in academic outcomes and an alarming spike in mental health problems, with plummeting test scores and rising rates of depression and...

If you’re an American schoolchild, you’ve probably spent much of your recent life alone at home in the mesmerizing glow of a screen, twitching between Google Classroom and innumerable online distractions. Perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to spend most days in an actual classroom with two-thirds of your face wrapped up, trying to make yourself heard and hear others, taking 30 seconds to shove your lunch down. Your schedule is often unpredictable; some days there’s no one to teach you at all. During the pandemic, you’ve lost at least three months of instruction—or nearly twice that, if your family is...

Are you a mom? Are you looking for ways to make money online? There are so many online jobs for moms that make money – whether you are looking for something to replace your full-time job or something to earn some extra money. Being a working mom is definitely a challenge, though. I’ve been a work from home mom with an online job since 2014. I started when my twins were around 15 months old and now they go to school…and I’m still doing this online job thing! Between taking care of my twins, taking caring for my home, and...

Book: Gracie’s SurrenderAuthor: Blossom TurnerGenre: Christian historical romanceRelease date: March 8, 2022Helping the orphan children in Richmond just might overturn everything Gracie thought she knew, including the value of love. Gracie Williams has always had an adventurous streak, which led her from her home in the Shenandoah Valley to Richmond, Virginia, where she can devote her life to the orphan children. Though her beauty has brought on the advances of many men, she has no plans to marry, and finds suitors an unfortunate irritation she doesn’t have time for—much to her parents’ chagrin.When she befriends Matthew Weston, the mature and serious orphanage superintendent, she...

by Megan Mora Fuentes World Sleep Day, an annual celebration of sleep and a call to action on sleep-related issues, is March 18 this year. But it may be hard to “celebrate” sleep when it feels like we never get enough. Browse this week’s Homeschool Living for some great ways to teach the health benefits of sleep to your kids, encourage healthy sleep habits, and assess and plan for your family’s sleep needs. Risks to Healthy Sleep There is no debate about the harmful effects of sleep deprivation. This infographic lists the many ways sleep deprivation is damaging to your...