USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

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Articles in Dec 2006 issue of USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

• Dissolving a marriage is a time of distraction, as emotional and family concerns take center stage
• Despite their graphic violent content and mature ratings—or maybe because of it—a number of video games are likely to be at the top of many Christmas lists this year
• Municipal bonds add fuel to the fire
• Violent crime's effect on retailers
• Internet remains reliable nationwide
• Poor preschool children enrolled in high-quality child care centers develop early reading skills faster than those placed in home-based care, accelerating up to six months ahead of their counterparts, reveals a study by Stanford University
• C[O.sub.2]-enhanced trees weather ice storms
• Kids stressed out by the season
• Media falling down on crime coverage
• Most Americans down on Iran
• Developing countries rapidly are increasing the number and quality of college graduates, generating a sea change in the relative education advantage that advanced nations have enjoyed over literally hundreds of years, according to an analysis released by
• How not to spend 2.8 trillion dollars
• CEOs given raises for implementing layoffs
• Pets are a $31,000,000,000 industry in the U.S., with $2,400,000,000 of that going toward non-veterinary services, grooming, and boarding, reports the American Pet Products Manufacturing Association
• Books offering advice to parents about teens are less likely to contain injury prevention messages than those concerning smaller children, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study
• Do's and don'ts for holiday mingling
• Why do Americans idolize serial killers?
• How to avoid unpleasant surprises
• A pottery shard found in Israel probably does not refer to the biblical Goliath, but it does lend credence to the story surrounding him, surmises Lawrence Mykytiuk, author of Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C
• Winter wheat crop off to good start
• The gift that … keeps them guessing
• What makes her want you?
• Who benefits from Pension Protection Act?
• Warm winter? Don't count on it
• "Technoism" strikes when buying presents
• What it means to sleep together
• Many Americans are "unretiring"
• In the beginning: bibles before the year 1000
• 'Tis the season to be distracted
• France's rebellious romantic
• Dickens' "expectations" for celebratory feasts
• New dipstick tests for caffeine
• Divorced parents shouldn't compete
• Color-blind yuletide survival guide
• Poor credit rating hampers consumers
• Stop asking retailers to celebrate Christmas
• Military families pulling double duty
• Do land trusts hurt biodiversity?
• As children age injury risk heightens
• Workers rue not taking more days
• After "Black Friday" comes "CyberMonday"
• Sharp-shooting women best Soviet snipers
• Traditional cook stoves recipe for pollution
• How to placate the disgruntled
• Stop the holiday spending carousel