Are you ready to get lit? Holiday traditions return...with an untraditional twist.

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"I want my students to feel valued, understood, and inspired — to see themselves in the person at the front of the classroom."

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Researchers are working hard, but they have found very few answers.

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Hungry for a solution to the impasse in Washington? Hold on...

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Every time someone claims to have “found the cause” of autism, it’s always the mother’s fault.

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Nonprofits can't fully replace federal nutrition subsidies, leaders say.

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Where's the candy this year?

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The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition’s Get Real Denver campaign is calling on the mayor and council to make a $4 million investment in the creation of a community-led safety grant program.

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Pick your perfect pumpkin at these patches and events.

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Griffin and Sullivan McConnell of Golden will compete in the FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Kazakhstan.

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