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5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework
5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework
5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework
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...
10 Great Songs About School
10 Great Songs About School
10 Great Songs About School
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...
5 Fun After School Activities That Keep Kids Learning
5 Fun After School Activities That Keep Kids Learning
5 Fun After School Activities That Keep Kids Learning
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 ...
Back to School – 5 Tips for Kids Waiting at the Bus Stop
Back to School – 5 Tips for Kids Waiting at the Bus Stop
Back to School – 5 Tips for Kids Waiting at the Bus Stop
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.
Matt Damon Snaps at Press While Defending Teachers [VIDEO]
Matt Damon Snaps at Press While Defending Teachers [VIDEO]
Matt Damon Snaps at Press While Defending Teachers [VIDEO]
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.
Middle School Students Take Field Trip to Hooters
Middle School Students Take Field Trip to Hooters
Middle School Students Take Field Trip to Hooters
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.