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Didn't everybody's parents bribe them to get good grades? Mine sure did. It never lead to cheating in my case but I think that's because I had such smart friends who pushed me to do well anyway.

MyTudut, Flickr Fall means school, and school means homework, and homework –- for many a family -– means stress and arguments. But getting homework done doesn’t have to be a daily battle. Here are a few easy ways for parents to make the routine a little easier for kids.   1 Stud...

Motown We've got ten good reason schools shouldn’t be cutting arts budgets: these great songs about their hallowed halls. After all, if they eliminated music classes, who’s gonna write songs about how cool school is?   10 Be True to Your School The Beach Boys, 1963     Good clean fun.   9 Wonderful Wor...

Flickr, InParisTexas A child’s day doesn’t end when the final school bell rings. In fact for many children it’s just beginning. Where to go for ideas? Oddly, pull from what your kids love most about school — and think outside the sandbox. From the physical, to ...

School is almost back in session, which means it’s time to start brushing up on tips for taking the bus. The school bus can be a great resource for time-strapped parents and independence-seeking children alike. But it also needs to be approached with safety and care. Here are five tips to make your child’s bus ride the best it can be.

At the Save Our Schools Million Teacher March in Washington DC on July 30th, actor Matt Damon was grilled on his feelings about public school educators. Damon, who attended public school in Boston as a youth and whose own mother is a public school teacher, made some impassioned remarks in defense of teachers.

It's the last day of school today for many, the official start of summer for the aforementioned many. Is tomorrow then the day that we turn that page? How long have we've been asking that? I know, I know. But school's out forever! It's crunch time now. Mother Nature, for the kid's sake, PLEASE!

It's every eighth-grade boy's dream: a field trip that involves lunchtime at Hooters, a restaurant more renowned for its bust lines than its menu. Though the central Pennsylvania middle school students may have been pleased, others were a little astounded at the teachers' restaurant of choice.

As if my out of state friends needed another reason to send me snarky emails about "what the hell" is going on in Montana. -Michelle