Category Archive: schools

Overweight Children Lose Weight Eating Peanuts

A new study published in the December issue of Pediatrics says overweight adolescents between the ages of 10-15 can lose a considerable of weight if they substitute the high calorie, low nutrient snacks… Read More

How to Ace a Parent-Teacher Conference

(Mom Logic) Educator and Mother of three gives us Cliffs Notes on how to make the grade. Most parents hate it. Teachers dread it. Why are parent/teacher conferences so uncomfortable? Teachers complain that… Read More

Year-round Schools Fail to Deliver

While school districts around the country are clamoring to alleviate school overcrowding and raise test scores with year-round calendars, researchers are continuing to find that the traditional nine-month model fares equally with 12-month… Read More

Bulletproof Backpacks — Just in Time for Back-to-School

Once upon a time our children could go to school, get an education, make lifelong friends, and all they had to worry about was the kid in class who picked on them or… Read More

Lack of Discretion and Intelligence in Schools

I probably sound like a homeschooling elitist, but when I read stories like this, I can’t help but come off a little snobby. I mean, when will the madness stop? Teachers stage fake… Read More

School Violence and Other Societal Ills

You know society and schools are bad when most newspapers and online news services have an entire section dedicated to “school violence”. I know it to be true because I read two stories… Read More

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