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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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• 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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• Children and eating disorders

  Published: September 17, 2007, 5:26 am

  Tags: Anorexic, Broccoli, Bulimic, Eating Disorder, Eatingdisorder, Education, Fad Dieting, Faddieting, Fashion, Fruits, Issues Food, Issueswithfood, Junk Food, Junkfood, Kenyon College, Kenyoncollege, Models, Pregnant, Private School, Privateschool, Specific Foods, Specificfoods

  Filed under: Child Development, Feeding & Nutrition, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Eating, 8-9 years, Preschooler, Pre-teen, Teenager, Peer pressure We all knew that girl in high school, the one who never ate anything. She was pencil thin, with paper thin hair and skin. She was anorexic or bulimic, but no one ever talked

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