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  • School Bus Strike In NYC Enters 2nd Day

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 17
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    A standoff between striking school bus drivers looking for job protections and a city administration that says they just can't have them has the potential to go on for some time, observers said, as parents struggle to get to work on time while scramb...

  • Study: More Money From Parents Equals Lower College Grades

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 15
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    Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds they may not be doing them any favors in another area — generous financial support appears to ...

  • Ohio Teacher Claims Discrimination Over Her Phobia of Young Children

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 15
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    An Ohio high school Spanish and French teacher has sued her school district, claiming it discriminated against her because of her disability -- specifically, a phobia of young children -- her sex and age.
    Maria C. Waltherr-Willard, who has no childr...

  • Brave Teacher Saves Others, Pacifies School Shooter

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 11
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    The 16-year-old boy had allegedly wounded the teenager he claimed had bullied him, fired two more rounds at students fleeing their first-period science class, then faced teacher Ryan Heber.
    "I don't want to shoot you," he told the popular teacher, w...

  • What's The Best Way to Learn? Psychologists Tackle Studying Techniques

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 10
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    What's the best way to study for a test? A new study says taking practice tests and engaging in distributed practice -- which means sticking to a schedule of spreading out your studying over time -- work the best.
    Surprisingly, the methods that were...

  • Indiana Senator's Bill Seeks Lord's Prayer in Schools

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 4
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    The chairman of the Senate education committee, who last year unsuccessfully sought the teaching of creationism in schools, now wants public schools to have the option of beginning each day with the Lord's Prayer.
    Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, has fi...

  • High School Science Teacher Uses Unique Teaching Styles to Make Learning Interesting

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 3
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    Jeffrey Wright is well known around his high school in Louisville, Ky., for his antics as a physics teacher, which include exploding pumpkins, hovercraft and a scary experiment that involves a bed of nails, a cinder block and a sledgehammer.
    But it ...

  • Recess a Crucial Part of School Day, Says American Academy of Pediatrics

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 3
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    Recess is an essential part of a child's school day that should never be taken away as punishment if a kid misbehaves or has poor academic performance, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Monday.
    The academy released its first ever position poli...

  • Girl Scouts and Sigma Gamma Rho Help Girls Imagine Engineering Careers

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 2
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    Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has joined forces with Sigma Gamma Rho, one of the nation's largest African American sororities, to help build awareness of career possibilities in science, technology, and engineering among girls and parents in the Afr...

  • Study: Federal College Savings Plan Primarily Help Wealthy

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 2
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    A federal plan meant to help families save for college tuition is overwhelmingly benefiting wealthy families, a federal review has found.
    The financial instruments, known as 529 college savings plans, contribute to a billion dollar industry but are ...