At Henry David Thoreau Elementary, 68% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 78% scored at or above that level for reading.The school’s minority student enrollment is ...

By long years of patient industry and reading of the newspapers — for what are the libraries of science but files of newspapers? — a man accumulates a myriad facts, lays them up in his memory ...

I’ve been reading the classic nature writers, especially the 19th-century philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The author of “Walden,” it turns out, has little to say about butterflies but ...

According to a community announcement, “An Evening with Henry David Thoreau” will take place ... people of all ages and foster a love for reading. This program is supported by a grant from ...

There is one author whose body of work explores all these themes: Henry David Thoreau ... our ability to be intellectually challenged. Reading and writing can provide us with these challenges and ...

And the potentially tarnished reputation of Henry David Thoreau broke my brain because, again, I had just spent nearly two months in the middle of the woods of New Hampshire with no phone or internet.

In case of abuse, Report this post. Walden; or, Life in the Woods, published in 1854 by the esteemed American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, stands as an important work in American ...

Instead, I have found myself reading the writings of the man who took care of Emerson’s kids while the Sage of Concord was away: the childless Henry David Thoreau. In his 44 years of life ...

Henry David Thoreau’s river journals from the 19th century are now helping scientists understanding the effects of climate change on New England's seasons. Thoreau's meticulous notes on river ice, ...

It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with ...