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Your Day Care Choice May Have an Impact on Your Child's Later Success in School

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 14th 2010 12:30PM

A study suggests the kind of day care your child receives as an infant or toddler may affect how he does on academics tests as a teenager. Credit: Getty Images
There are obviously many reasons you want to take care when choosing a good day care ...
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Should Recess Be Mandated?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Nov 25th 2008 11:00AM

Ellie had two early dismissal days at school last week and came home complaining. She wasn't upset about missing a few hours of school, she was bummed about missing recess. I sympathized, but pointed out to her that some kids don't get recess at all. ...
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Girls are just as good at math as boys

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 27th 2008 3:00PM

When I was a senior in high school, I told my high school counselor that I wanted to take Journalism (goof around with my friends while publishing the school paper) and Child Development (goof around with my friends while helping out a local ...
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The myth of gender bias in school

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted May 20th 2008 7:01PM

You know that old saying about the glass being half full? Well, for some time now, speculation has been that when that glass is half full for girls, it's half-empty for boys. Ever since the passing of Title IX, which bans discrimination in ...
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College coaches help to create stars

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 20th 2006 5:30PM

Do you have a high school student who has stellar grades and test scores but who just doesn't stand out from his peers? This is a growing problem for quite a few families that see their above average students being edged out of college placement by ...
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