Read to your kids, give them a better life (and better test scores)

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The debate about the sources of weakness in American students’ test scores vis-a-vis those students in other countries continues. The most recent addition to this debate comes in the form of some research recently released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD) in conjunction with the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and recently reported …

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LEGO® Safety: How not to choke, break a tooth, lose an eye, or throw out your back

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I’m injured.  I’m lying on the couch, trying not to move.  Cursing the day they invented the LEGO® brick.  Well, actually, I’m cursing my stupidity in lifting 9,000 LEGO® bricks with my back, instead of my legs.  So, other than lifting too many of them, can LEGO® bricks really hurt anyone?  Here is a list …

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How it’s done in Finaland

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Just finished watching The Finland Phenomenon. Cool documentary on why Finland is at the top. Sadly, not on Netflix. http://t.co/5QnE0LRt — JJ Rohrer (@ascendlyJJ) October 21, 2011

Distance Learning

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RT @lisa_rohrer: The University of Wherever: http://t.co/yVR3yt1E Higher Ed disruption. Can this apply to after school programs? I hope so — JJ Rohrer (@ascendlyJJ) October 4, 2011

Fun LEGO Photo

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Did you ever feel like this? It is hard to be plastic, and unloved. #Lego http://t.co/Lou7qmz — JJ Rohrer (@ascendlyJJ) August 6, 2011

Our New Tagline

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After rebranding the company as Ascendly, which is a nice, but very generic name, the need for a tagline become clear. A good tagline can, in about second, tell someone new to the company just about everything they need to know about the firm. It can answer: What does the firm do? Why does the …

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