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In the fall of 1969, eight-year-old Dawn Howard stared at the display of dolls in a Montoursville department store. She…
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As a teacher for 26 years, I’ve seen a lot of changes in public education. Every day, the students sit…
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As an aspiring writer—or rather, a writer who still needs a non-writing source of income—I feel a bit threatened by…
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