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• Study: Teen drug use at school getting worse

  Published: August 20, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Columbia University, Columbiauniversity, Drug Use, Drugs, Druguse, Drunk, High, High School, Highschool, Illegal Drugs, Illegaldrugs, Parents, Public School, Publicschool, Schools, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Substanceabuse, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Teendrug

  Filed under: Teachers, High school, Public school, Teenager, Drugs, Alcohol, Peer pressureBack when I was in high school, drug use at my school was common. We had a school-sanctioned smoking area for students, located in a courtyard between two wings of the school. Few students were actually old enough to legally smoke, yet hundreds gathered in

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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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• 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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• Today is Constitution Day

  Published: September 17, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Civics, Constitution, Constitution Day, Constitutionday, History, Kids, Parents, Public School, Publicschool, School, Students, Teachers

  Filed under: Teachers, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public schoolDid you know that today is Constitution Day? On September 17, 1787, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention held their final meeting where they signed the Constitution of the United States of America. In 2004, a federal law was enacted requiring all

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• Public schools: our educational backbone

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Education, Public School, Public Schools, Publicschool, Publicschools, School, Schools, Teachers

  Filed under: Lifestyle, Teachers, Public school, Making a DifferenceWhile I am not a public school teacher, I am married to one. That, however, is not why I am such a huge proponent of the public school system. This editorial touches on one of the reasons -- certainly a big one as far as our own kids are concerned -- and discusses why this makes

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• Church service required to get a high school diploma

  Published: May 31, 2008, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Church And State, Churchandstate, Graduation, High School, Highschool, Public School, Publicschool, Religion, School

  Filed under: Teens & tweens, Education, Religion & spiritualityNot once, not twice, but three times principal Richard Lopez sent out a notice stating that attendance at a baccalaureate service was mandatory for graduating seniors at Robertson High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico. For those not familiar with a baccalaureate (I wasn't), it

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