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• Money tips for preschoolers

  Published: August 17, 2007, 2:41 am

  Tags: Checkbook, Consumer, Consumerism, High School, Highschool, Kindergarten, Liz Pulliam Weston, Lizpulliamweston, Middle School, Middleschool, Msn Money, Msnmoney, Nickel, Nickelodeon, Saving, Sharing, Spending, Sugary Cereal, Sugarycereal

  Filed under: Preschool, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Preschooler, Pre-teen, Teenager, Creative projects, Marketing to kids, Making a Difference Yep, that's right--tips for children who aren't even in kindergarten. Turns out, as we all suspected anyway, that kids are learning about the basics of money earlier and earlier.

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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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• No juking at school

  Published: September 17, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Dancing, High School, Highschool, Juking, Middle School, Middleschool, School, School Dance, Schooldance, Sex, Students, Suggestive Dancing, Suggestivedancing, Teachers, Teenagers

  Filed under: Teachers, Middle school, High school, Public school, Pre-teen, TeenagerI guess I am old and out of the loop, but 'juking' is a new concept for me. Juking is basically simulated sex on the dance floor for teens. Fully clothed simulated sex, of course. It's been a long time since I attended a school dance, but apparently juking is quite

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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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• Hugging out of control, banned at middle school

  Published: October 2, 2007, 8:33 am

  Tags: Affection, Hugging, Hugs, Middle School, Middleschool, School

  Filed under: Teachers, Middle schoolWhen is it OK to hug? At home, at work, at school? You might think it's sweet to see friends showing a little affection between classes, but that's now off limits at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois. That school has instituted an official ban on hugging. The primary reason, according to the

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• Students don't like new uniforms, set them on fire

  Published: October 4, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: High School, Highschool, Middle School, Middleschool, Protest, School, Uniforms

  Filed under: Middle school, High school, Public schoolWhile in American public schools, dress codes (let alone full uniforms) are often hotly contested, they're very common Britain. So much so, that, traditionally, every student's uniform included a blazer -- which is in addition to the dress shoes, slacks and polo shirt that were also required.

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• Teen's science project may cure cancer in dogs

  Published: October 8, 2007, 9:32 am

  Tags: Cancer, Dogs, Junior High, Juniorhigh, Middle School, Middleschool, Pets, School, Science, Teenager

  Filed under: Middle school, Teenager, Weird but True, In the NewsWhile other kids were making papier mache volcanoes for their school science fair, Allison Reed was trying to find the cure for cancer in dogs. It stated with Sassy, the family's Golden Retriever, who died at age three from bladder cancer. Determined to know why she died, Allison

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• Avoiding tweener sarcasm

  Published: October 24, 2007, 5:48 am

  Tags: Behavior, Child Study, Childstudy, Eye Rolling, Eyerolling, Family, Fight Flight, Fightorflight, Grandmother, Middle School, Middleschool, New York University, Newyorkuniversity, Parent, Parenting Institute, Parentinginstitute, Pre Frontal Cortex, Pre Frontalcortex, Pre Te

  Filed under: Child Development, Elementary school, Middle school, Family togetherness, 8-9 years, 10-12 years, Pre-teen, Teenager, Emotions, Discipline Sarcasm and pre-teens. The two seem to go together like Mills and McCartney. More and more often these days I hear about some mouthy kid telling off his or her mom or dad...and the child isn't

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• Another side of school birth control

  Published: October 24, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: Birth Control, Birthcontrol, Contraception, Medicine, Medicines, Middle School, Middleschool, Pill, Pre Teen, Prevention, School, Sex, Sexual Activity, Sexualactivity, Teenagers

  Filed under: Health and Safety, Lifestyle, Pregnancy and Birth, Middle school, Public school, Monitoring your kids, Doctor's office, In the NewsOne of the most important parts of the pharmacy software I worked on when I worked for Long's Drugs was responsible for ensuring that patients weren't dispensed medicines that would interfere with each

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• Middle school fashion bullies

  Published: October 30, 2007, 9:01 am

  Tags: Bullies, Bully, Childrens Clothing, Childrensclothing, Designer Clothing, Designer Kids Clothing, Designerclothing, Designerkidsclothing, Fashion, Fashion Bullies, Fashionbullies, Girl Bullies, Girlbullies, Middle School, Middleschool, Peer Pressure, Peerpressure, Self Es

  Filed under: Lifestyle, Middle school, High school, Moms, Going to school, 6-7 years, Pre-teen, Teenager, Stores and shopping, Kidwear, Marketing to kids, Brands, Peer pressureWhen I was in school, there were very few designer labels available for kids. We had Izod and Gloria Vanderbilt, but very few kids were wearing them. Generally, if your

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• Body peace project treaty for teens

  Published: December 3, 2007, 4:07 am

  Tags: Ann Skoket, Annskoket, Ashlee Simpson, Ashleesimpson, Body, Body Peace Project Treaty, Bodypeaceprojecttreaty, Brittany Snow, Brittanysnow, Bulimia, Fergie, Hairspray, Highschool, Hollywood, Magazine, Media, Middle School, Middleschool, Peace, Project, Seventeen, Treaty

  Filed under: Feeding & Nutrition, Health and Safety, Lifestyle, Middle school, High school, Eating, Pre-teen, Teenager, Celebrity style, Making a Difference, Peer pressure Brittany Snow, Ashlee Simpson and Fergie are among the stars to sign a treaty created by teen magazine Seventeen to help teenage girls improve their body image. The Body

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• PD*Poll: How big a deal should we make of eighth grade graduation?

  Published: June 22, 2008, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barackobama, Eighth Grade, Eighth Grade, Eighthgrade, Graduate, High School, Middle School, Middle School, Middleschool, Pd Poll, Prom

  Filed under: In the news, Playground bureau, Education, Extreme childhoodIn a time when American schools seem to be failing students in so many ways, celebrating the students who finish and graduate would appear to be a good thing. After all, as parents we all know that positive reinforcement is the key to raising successful kids. So what's wrong

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