When we were children, we learned all kinds of things. We learned things as vastly different as our languages and cultures. But one thing that was pretty much universal was coloring. Coloring was a ...

One of the items I took from the classroom when I retired was a new box of crayons. They are on display over the desk where I write and remember. Occasionally I open the box and smell them just to be ...

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Like a fresh box of crayons, vibrant and full of promise, children tumbled into school this week. Summer scrubbed clean, vacations a fading memory, they stepped—or were tugged—out of their safe boxes ...