10:13 PM Thu, Jun 21, 2007 | Permalink Vickie Newton
In the coming days, I will travel to present a lecture on literacy. The good news: Missouri is showing other states how to improve the reading skills of its residents.
Here's the proof: according to the 2003 State Assessment of Adult Literacy, the quantitative literacy of adults in Missouri was significantly higher than the average literacy of the nation's adults. On 15 percent of adults were considered below the basic literacy le...
2:28 AM Thu, Jun 14, 2007 | Permalink Vickie Newton
A few years ago, my dad joined the omega-3-fatty-acids bandwagon. I don't know if he read it or watched it, but a news report convinced him that salmon, nuts, and flaxseed oil were at the bottom of Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth. From that point on, a carefully wrapped package of walnuts arrived at my house every month. The walnuts were a good snack, but the concern they represented reminded me that even with a mortgage and a retirement a...
2:46 AM Wed, Jun 13, 2007 | Permalink Vickie Newton
Well, we tried. Really, we did. We announced the search guidelines for our Graduation Grandstand. And they were simple: tell us about your favorite graduate, and we will post their profile on our website. We wanted to celebrate the committed, encourage more education, tout the good news instead of the bad. And so we waited. Waited. And waited. You have spoken...your collective silence registering your true feelings.
