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Preventing Child Abuse: Warning Signs of Sexual Predators
Two Elementary School Teachers: Mark Berndt and Martin Springer were arrested and charged with committing lewd acts upon children.
The Kindness Assignment!
Lets take 28 days of the month and each day I want you to think of one thing you can do each day to be kind to someone else. This is what we ask 4th & 5th graders to do as a homework assignment during our KidSafe program.
Michelle Obama: Powerful or Just Popular?
According to Working Mothers Top Ten Moms of 2011, Michelle Obama ranks as one of the ten most powerful moms in the world. As much as I respect Working Mother magazine, and delight in Michelle Obama (along with most of the world), I beg to differ.
Are We Raising a Generation of “Calculator Kids?”
Forty years ago, an Indiana electronics company brought a product to market that did more to impact the way we educate our kids than almost anything else in the past century. The company, Bowmar Instruments, began selling the first handheld pocket calculator – for a whopping $240!
Are Kids Going Into Kindergarten Unprepared? Teachers Say Yes!
Is your child ready for kindergarten? According to a report released yesterday by Age of Learning, Inc., the odds aren’t as good as you might think. In a survey of 500 teachers across the country, more than 66% feel that children are not adequately prepared for school.Furthermore, veteran kindergarten teachers feel that the percentage will only grow higher in time.