Ready for the Next Wave
06/10/2019 by Claire Sykes For more than 100 years, Borden’s has been a fixture on Arnold Avenue, the main street in downtown Point Pleasant…
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It’s Right On the Way
04/04/2019 by Claire Sykes Macon, a city smack dab in the center of Georgia, is served by three interstate highways: I-16, which connects to…
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Lady of The House
01/31/2019 by Tina Manzer A foundation does more than hold up a house. It prevents threatening elements from seeping in, and resists movement…
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Miss Pam’s Hub for Homeschool Families
10/11/2018 by Tina Manzer Sixty-four-year-old Pamela Deese (“Miss Pam” to her students) is a homeschool pioneer. Twenty years ago, when she began teaching her…
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Playing and Learning in the Wild Wild West
08/14/2018 by Tina Manzer “We’re in the ‘business of children,’” explains Jane Burbank, owner of multifaceted Teacher’s Corner-Kid’s Mart (TCKM), a 29-year-old store in…
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The Games Teachers Play Now
06/12/2018 by Tina Manzer Dominic Santos, owner of Angelo Teacher Supplies (known simply as “Teacher Store”) in Texas, is getting ready for his 33rd…
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Storm Surge
04/23/2018 by Tina Manzer “Our store is a work in progress. It’s evolving and reinventing itself,” said Margie Wilson, owner of Brainstorm teacher store…
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The Store that Wouldn’t Close
by Tina Manzer In January, the owners of The School Shop in Bloomington, Illinois, announced they were liquidating “the only store of its kind…
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On The Move
by Jenn Bergin As a former charter school principal, Christy Messer learned to be a creative marketer. “Kids weren’t assigned to our school –…
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Timberdoodle
Serving the Homeschool Market since 1985 By Jenn Bergin In the early 1980s, newlyweds Dan and Deb Deffinbaugh planned to start a business in…
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