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9### [College-Educated Undocumented Young Adults Face Same Narrow Range of Jobs as Their Parents](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726092136.htm)
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11Parents who move to the United States without legal status generally seek better opportunities for their young children. But a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726092136.htm)
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913### [Popular TV Shows Teach Children Fame Is Most Important Value, Psychologists Report; Being Kind to Others Fell Dramatically in Importance Over 10 Years](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094237.htm)
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1115Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9-11 year-olds -- a dramatic change in 10 years, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094237.htm)
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1317### [English for Advanced Learners: Linguists Examine Obstacles to Native-Like Proficiency in Foreign Language Acquisition](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706104650.htm)
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1519The use of English as a second and foreign language is steadily increasing, and although English and German have common roots, even ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706104650.htm)
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1721### [Good Communication in Early Years Key to Success at School, UK Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701083109.htm)
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1923Researchers in the UK have shown that although social background has a noticeable effect on a child's readiness for school, what ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701083109.htm)
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21### [Don't Show, Don't Tell? Direct Instruction Can Thwart Independent Exploration](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630112857.htm)
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23It turns out that there is a "double-edged sword" to pedagogy: explicit instruction makes children less likely to engage in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630112857.htm)
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54 July 20, 2011 - More than half of all college students have received sexually suggestive images via text messaging, and nearly 80 percent have received suggestive messages, according to new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103529.htm)
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65 July 20, 2011 - A new report released by the U.S. National Research Council presents a new framework for K-12 science education that identifies the key scientific ideas and practices all students should learn by the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151910.htm)
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76 July 20, 2011 - A new study suggests young people with a serious genetic blood disorder are not getting the right help at school, especially pupils who miss lessons due to ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720085515.htm)
65 August 4, 2011 - Picture black and white students at an Ivy League college learning about black students who are a year or so ahead of them in that school. They're told that the older black students were anxious ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804180301.htm)
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74 ### [Virginia Tech Shootings: Professors Publish Research on Post-Traumatic Stress](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803133528.htm)
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76 August 3, 2011 - Prevalence of post-traumatic stress was significantly higher among women after the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, according to ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803133528.htm)
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131 July 14, 2011 - When consumers taste a chocolate bar they think is made in Switzerland, they'll prefer it over one supposedly made in China, according to new study. But if you tell them where it's from after they ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714150953.htm)
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142 July 13, 2011 - A new study shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121421.htm)
142 July 26, 2011 - Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving "executive functioning" -- psychological processes such as planning, abstract thinking, and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726111109.htm)
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153 July 12, 2011 - A new study reveals how consumers feeling or not feeling connected to their future selves impacts their spending and savings decisions. Researchers conducted a series of experiments, manipulating the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712143004.htm)
153 July 25, 2011 - Political ideology and partisanship don't play much of a role in whether a state considers extending in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123553.htm)
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