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• The challenge of ESL literacy

  Douglas Magrath Education

  Prebeginning or preliterate learners present a unique challenge to the ESL teacher accustomed to students who can write the Latin alphabet. Students may speak a language that uses a non-Latin alphabet such as Arabic, Chinese or Japanese, or they may be nonliterate in their own language. In some cases — Russian, for example — some of the reading skills may transfer even though the alphabet is different.

• 4 last-minute digital marketing ideas for the holidays

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  With just about two weeks left until Christmas, your business is no doubt in crunch mode. For many, it's the absolute busiest time of the year — and it's going to stay that way. More and more consumers are waiting to finish (or start) their holiday shopping. Last year, 75 percent of people were still Christmas shopping at this time last year, found America Research Group. And 50 percent were hunting for a great deal and gift up until Christmas Eve. That's the highest percentage of last-minute shoppers the study has seen in more than 12 years.

• The delicate balance of HR: Inside

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Being an HR professional is often a thanklessly rewarding job. We work with employees through the best and worst of times and, regardless of what is happening in the company, must find a way to walk the line between employee advocate and management representative.

• Metals Thoughts: A perfect 10

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  Trumpflation — or whatever you want to call it — has basically been priced into markets for perfect execution. The dollar remains incredibly strong against pretty much any cross, up 5 percent in the broad indices and as much as up 16 percent against what had been the darling of the year, JPY.

• Is the Porsche Macan a practical vehicle?

  David Newton Transportation Technology & Automotive

  If I've learned anything as the owner of more than two dozen cars in my lifetime, it's that every household needs a practical car. You can own all the garage charms you want, but at the end of the day at least one of them has to be a reliable mode of functional transportation.

• What do we know about AT&T’s Hemisphere Project?

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  AT&T's Hemisphere Project first came to the public eye via a 2013 article in The New York Times, but a new report in the Daily Beast details the massive scope of the program in what some have declared as "even worse than the Snowden revelations."

• New tools bring VR to the job site

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  Real estate developers and sellers garnered media attention this past year with stories about how they are using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to help clients visualize and experience luxury properties or future projects for sale or investment.

• Study weighs benefits of preserving organs at body temperature

  Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

  For decades, donated organs have been submerged in a cold solution simply called "UW liquid" — because it was developed at the University of Wisconsin — while en route to a recipient. It's been the gold standard for organ transportation for years. Now, a new method of preserving organs is being studied, and an organ recipient recently became the first in the country to receive a liver ​preserved at body temperature instead of cold storage. Coincidentally, the procedure was conducted at the UW Hospital in Madison.

• 10 best year-round flea markets in America

  Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

  ​With the holiday shopping season in full swing, creative shoppers are flocking to flea markets for those special, one-of-a-kind gifts that might never be found at a mainstream mall. They're also finding that bargaining at a good flea or antique market is far more entertaining than online shopping or stalking the aisles of a run-of-the-mill retail outlet.

• States expect greater control during Trump presidency

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  After decades of too much federal interference in schools, the states are now hoping Donald Trump's administration will be more hands-off about accountability. The recent election raised many questions, and many topics were debated — ​except education. In fact, the glaring absence of education in any debate or discussion was quite alarming. We had no way of gauging where the candidates stood on this important agenda.

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