Wisdom, Knowledge of Elders Stream Into Area Classrooms (p)(f) A recent study in Maryland showed that in schools where older adults were a regular fixture -- with volunteers working 15 hours a week -- reading scores went up, and kids had fewer behavioral problems than their peers at other schools. The adults, meanwhile, had fewer falls, expanded their social circles and performed better than their peers on a memory test. Washington Post Feb 21, 2006 in Public bookmarkswith boomerseducationhealth