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• Skipping a grade in school

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:01 am

  Tags: Academics, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, First Grade, Firstgrade, Kindergarten, Montessori, Private School, Privateschool, Public School, Publicschool, School, Second Grade, Secondgrade, Skip First Grade, Skip Grade, Skipfirstgrade, Skipgrade, Skipping Grades, Skippi

  Filed under: Teachers, Preschool, Elementary school, Public school, Private school, Going to school, 6-7 yearsIn my state, a child must be five years old on September 1st in order to enroll in kindergarten. Ellie missed that date by three weeks, meaning she couldn't officially start kindergarten until she was almost six years old. Instead, she

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• Oops, you're entering a 'shcool' zone

  Published: September 9, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Elementary School, Elementaryschool, School, Spelling

  Filed under: Elementary school As kids are heading back to class, getting ready to do some reading, writing, and arithmetic, one school district is learning first-hand just how important those skill are. The photo above was taken near Northwood Elementary in Kalamazoo, Michigan -- I imagine you've already noticed the unfortunate spelling error.

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• Special ed...for profit?

  Published: September 9, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Education, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, High School, Highschool, Middle School, Middleschool, Private School, Privateschool, Public School, Publicschool, School, Special Ed, Special Education, Specialed, Specialeducation

  Filed under: Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public school, Private schoolThe worlds of for-profit business and education seem almost fundamentally at odds. However, one man has managed to bring special ed services to almost 8,000 students -- and he's making money in the process. Mark Claypool used to be a social worker, but got

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• Celebrating birthdays at school

  Published: September 16, 2007, 8:03 am

  Tags: Birthday, Birthday Cake, Birthdaycake, Birthdays, Children, Classroom, Cupcake, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Food Ban, Foodban, Junk Food, Junkfood, Kids, Parents, Public School, Publicschool, School, School Birthday Parties, Schoolbirthdayparties, Sugar, Sweets, Teach

  Filed under: Teachers, Elementary school, Public school, Private school, 6-7 years, BirthdaysEllie's 7th birthday falls on a school day this year. In the past, she attended a small private school where bringing treats to share with the class was not only allowed, it was expected. But now that she is public school, the rules have changed and the

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• Blue Man Group starts nursery school

  Published: September 19, 2007, 5:06 am

  Tags: Alternative Education, Alternativeeducation, Blue Man Group, Bluemangroup, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Nursery School, Nurseryschool, Pre School, School

  Filed under: Preschool, Private schoolAfter an amazing performance career spanning 16 years, countless productions, and overwhelming international success, Matt Goldman and Chris Wink -- two of the three founding members of Blue Man Group -- decided it was time to do something different. Both married with young children, the performers have

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• Sneaking sugary drinks back into schools

  Published: September 19, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Calories, Children Nutrition, Childrennutrition, Coke, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Health, High School, Highschool, Middle School, Middleschool, Nutrition, Pepsi, School, School Vending Machine, Schoolvendingmachine, Soda, Soda Machine, Sodamachine, Sports Drink

  Filed under: Feeding & Nutrition, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public schoolLast year, when the nation's three largest beverage companies agreed to remove their sugary drinks from school vending machines, they were applauded. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes voluntarily agreed to offer only water, low-fat milk and

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• 6-year-old ran school 'sex club'

  Published: September 21, 2007, 9:03 am

  Tags: Elementary School, Elementaryschool, School

  Filed under: Elementary school, 6-7 yearsAn Australian boy apparently thought it was about time he and his peers started investigating their sexuality. The 6-year-old formed a "sex club" at his elementary school, where children got together to talk about whatever ideas kids have about sex at that age. What's worse, however, is that the boy

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• School drop-off blues

  Published: October 22, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Elementary School, Elementaryschool, School, School Drop Off Problems, Schooldropoffproblems, Thoughtfulness

  Filed under: Elementary school, Public school, Going to school, Adventures in ParentingDear Mom in the White SUV, Hi! You don't know me, but I'm part of the thirty-something vehicles in line behind you in the school drop-off lane waiting to let my sons at school in the morning. I don't know if your child is just not a morning person, suffering

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• Georgia to track students' BMI

  Published: March 3, 2008, 5:30 am

  Tags: Bmi, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Fat, Georgia, Laws, Obesity, School, Weight

  Filed under: Child Development, Feeding & Nutrition, Lifestyle, Elementary school, Public school, Peer pressureA new law in Georgia requires schools to measure and track students' body-mass index in order to help combat widespread problems with obesity; more than one third of the students in the state are considered overweight. They're not the

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• Parents protest potty partner rules at elementary school

  Published: May 18, 2008, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Bathroom, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Graffiti, Potty Partner, Pottypartner, Punishment, School Graffiti, Schoolgraffiti

  Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, EducationWhenever my 7-year-old girl has a friend over, I've noticed that they always want to accompany one another to the bathroom. I can think of no good reason to make potty breaks a group activity and therefore discourage this. I think this must be a girl thing because I've never noticed boys pairing up to

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• Students vote autistic 5-year-old out of class

  Published: May 27, 2008, 6:05 pm

  Tags: Alex Barton, Alexbarton, Aspergers Syndrome, Aspergerssyndrome, Bad Teachers, Badteachers, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, Emotional Abuse, Emotionalabuse, Morningside Elementary, Morningsideelementary, Prt St Lucie, Prtstlucie, Wendy Portillo, Wendyportillo

  Filed under: Kids 5-7, In the news, Education, Special needsIt sounds like somebody has been watching too many reality shows. Namely, Wendy Portillo, a teacher at Morningside Elementary in Port St. Lucie, Florida. She turned her kindergarten classroom into a cruel version of Survivor by allowing her students to vote a fellow student out of the

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