| Is your baby a sniveling wimp? Nothing But Tears shampoo will toughen up your snookums, reports The Onion.
“We at Johnson & Johnson have been making bath time a safe and soothing... | |
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| DNA could determine whether children learn from mistakes or cope with abuse, some scientists now believe. About 30 percent of people are born with few dopamine receptors, which “is linked to... | |
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| Dallas teachers are angry about new district-wide rules that require teachers to accept late homework without penalty, ignore homework grades that lower a student’s semester grade and give... | |
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| Larry King, a gay 15-year-old who wore make-up, jewelry and high-heeled boots with his middle-school uniform, was shot dead in his English class in February. The Oxnard, California boy had been... | |
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| It will take a Marshall Plan for reading to close New York City’s achievement gap, writes Sol Stern in City Journal. He wants to fund “scientifically based reading programs” for K-3... | |
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| In Harrold, Texas, a small district near the Oklahoma border, teachers and staff may be taking their guns to school this year. The sheriff’s office is 30 minutes away. | |
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| In the D.C. suburbs, students can make up lost credits — but not raise their grades — by taking online courses that can be completed in a few days. From the Washington Post:
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| Why wait for junior year? An 8th-grade PSAT exam will be introduced in 2010. The idea is to identify students with college potential before they start high school. But wouldn’t their... | |
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| Safety can be dangerous for kids, writes Philip Howard in the Wall Street Journal. Making playgrounds safe means taking out “merry-go-rounds, high slides, jungle gyms, seesaws or pretty much... | |
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| On the fifth day of the Education Olympics, the U.S. has yet to win a medal. The mighty Finns continue to dominate. | |
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