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• The best and worst back to school bags

  Published: July 29, 2007, 12:04 pm

  Tags: Back To School, Backpack, Bag, Diy, Jansport, Kids, Lacoste, Lesportsac, Messenger Bag, Students, Tokidoki

  are naturally suitable for back-to-school time, but the messenger bags may also work. These bags are a little more expensive than the normal high-schoolers' gear, costing about six times that amount, but it's another symbol of status, isn't it? If you -- or your kid -- are into that sort of thing, go for TokiDoki.Continue reading The best and

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• Back To School: Build the perfect dorm room with Homeslyce

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Apartments, Back To School, College, Moving, Shopping

  Web site Homeslyce helps college students efficiently design and pay for the perfect dorm room with their three-step web application. First, Homeslyce's checklist helps you design your room with everything you need (with items from Amazon); second, you collaborate with roommates to agree on items; finally, you split the bill with roommates evenly

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• Learning: Research something better with a schedule

  Published: August 4, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Back To School, Education, Learning, Research, Top

  Productivity blog Lifehack.org has written up a great post on how to really organize your research, especially from a student perspective. The best tip is to work with a schedule of tasks that you need to accomplish. Absolutely, this was my downfall for every research paper I ever tackled. A schedule of tasks - find 5 sources by this date,

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• What makes a kid successful in school?

  Published: August 12, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Back To School, Backtoschool, Children, Going To School, Goingtoschool, Kids, Learning, Parents, School, School Success, Schoolsuccess, Students

  under: Preschool, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public school, Private school, Moms, Dads, Going to school, LiteracyWhile parents all over may breathing a sigh of relief over the approaching first day of school, some will find themselves worried about how their child will do in class this year. Ellie is starting at a new

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• TUAW Back-to-School Giveaway Day One

  Published: August 13, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: B2s07, Back To School, Backtoschool, Giveaway, Iphone, Prize, T Shirt

  BusinessPerhaps calling it a back-to-school giveaway is bad. Whether or not you're going back to school right now you're eligible to win one of our prizes. To be honest, there's nothing particularly scholarly about the prizes either. It's just an excuse to give away 14 rounds of prizes. For the next 14 days (excluding weekends) TUAW will give

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• TUAW Back-to-School Giveaway Day Three

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Back To School, Backtoschool, Giveaway, Pen

  full rules, go to our TUAW Back-to-school giveaway page.Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Back-to-college Spending - $47 billion!

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:51 pm

  Tags: Business Of Education, Back To School, Clothing, College, Dormitory, Electronics, Expense, Spending, Textbooks

  billion to send their kids back to school...$956.93 each, up $880.52 from last year.Clothing and accessories - $7.41 billionLaptops, digital cameras, iPhones, cell phones - $12.8 billinShoes - $2.96 billion

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• Geeky goodness for back to school: Headset Vibrator Alarm

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:04 am

  Tags: Alarm, Back To School, Backtoschool, College, Gear, School, Sleep

  Filed under: Gear, Toys, CollegeFor college students, sleep is the enemy. Almost everyone winds up pulling a few all-nighters before important exams or when big papers are due, and -- even during the best of times -- it's not hard to drift off to dreamland while you're hunched over a textbook in the library. To avoid conking out and missing

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• Go Back To School?: BusinessWeek reports that fewer than 1 in ...

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Ask The Readers, Business, Go Back To School

  BusinessWeek reports that fewer than 1 in 3 corporate executives have an MBA credited on their r sum . What's your take—is graduate school a necessary ingredient for a successful career?

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• Back To School: Schoolr search start page

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Back To School, College, Google, Research, Search Techniques, Start Pages, Students, Wikipedia

  Start page Schoolr (the R stands for research) features a set of search inputs to popular student resources around the web - like Google, the Wikipedia, Reference.com, Spark Notes, text translation and unit conversion. Of course you could install most of these search engines into your Firefox search box, but Schoolr is still a useful browser

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• How To Avoid The FRESHMAN 15'

  Published: August 16, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Avoid The Freshman 15, Back To School, Daytimer, Freshman 15, My Fitness Journal

  time of year again, it's back to school. Moms across the country are elated and kids across the country are sad to see the carefree days of summer coming to an end, but if you're heading to college then you need to be wary of the Freshman 15. Here are some great tips on keeping the Freshman 15 at bay, which anyone (even those of us not

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• School craft: Backpack tags

  Published: August 17, 2007, 7:04 am

  Tags: Back To School, Backpack, Backtoschool, Crafts, School

  We got my son a nice, plain backpack that I'm hoping we can resell when he's done (yeah, right.) because I'm as cheap as they come. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking about how hard that little boy is on his things, so maybe we won't be selling it once he's done.Hmm. Okay. On to the craft! You have a kid! And a backpack! Both are heading off to

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• CPSC: The ABC's of avoiding injuries

  Published: August 17, 2007, 9:02 am

  Tags: Art Supplies, Artsupplies, Astm, Back To School, Backtoschool, Bike Helme, Bikehelme, Clothing, Cpsc, Helmet, Helmets, Injuries, Injury, Kids, Kids Clothes, Kids Clothing, Kidsclothes, Kidsclothing, Playground, Safety, Saftey, School, School Clothes, School Safety, Schoolclothes

  Gear, Health and Safety, Preschool, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public school, Private school, Going to schoolIt's that time of year again. School supplies have been purchased, new school clothes are hanging in the closet and everything is ready for the return to school. It's been a long, happy summer and even with all the

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• What's hot for back to school tween fashion

  Published: August 17, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Avril Lavigne, Avrillavigne, Back To School Clothing, Backtoschoolclothing, Denim Looks, Denimlooks, Hannah Montanah, Miley Cyrus, Mileycyrus, Mini Skirts, Miniskirts, Tween Clothing, Tweenclothing

  girl, 10. And lastly, the preschool boy, just a couple weeks shy of three. There is noise galore, demands, squabbling, much driving and even more juggling. Right now I am hearing the most noise from the tween girl, Cassidy. The topic? Her back to school clothing needs. Not the school supplies or reading lists, mind you. But the clothing. It's all

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• Best shows about school -- like, ever!

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Back To School, Backtoschool, School, Shows, Teen, Television

  under: Elementary school, Middle school, High school, College, Private school, Going to school, TelevisionLet's face it -- for most of us -- school sucked the big one. The only thing that makes me fondly look back at my school days are TV shows about someone else's school days. The best combo, of course, is shows about school that I watched

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