My Son Is In Special Education And I Want Him To Be Challenged
Seeing his potential, one mother wonders why her child isn't held to higher standards at school, despite his learning disability.
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Increasing Salaries So Teachers Don't Have To Become Principals
Teachers across the country are choosing to leave the classroom for better pay as school administrators, where they can sometimes double their salaries.
When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline
Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.
The Idea Was To Keep Kids Safe After School. Now They're Chess Champions
This low-income elementary school will send dozens of kids to the SuperNationals of chess this week in Nashville, Tenn.
The Perils And False Rewards Of Parenting In The Era Of 'Digi-Discipline'
In a society where black people have power, beating children and posting it on social media is just as much about performing respectability as it is punishing wrongdoing.
Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion
Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.
These Fifth-Graders Think It's Really, Really Important That You Vote
They're too young to vote, but they're still getting out the vote. After learning about the history of voting and democracy in America, these young activists took their message to a college campus.
Summer Camps Struggle To Enforce Bans On Screen Time
Summer sleep-away camps say it's getting harder to enforce cell phone bans, and millennials say it's tough going cold turkey. But they all say it's more important than ever to learn how to unplug.
Parenting Pitfalls: Renegades, Privilege And Putting On The Boxing Gloves
Heather Shumaker and Stephanie Land are two parenting writers with different ideas about how class and conventional wisdom shape the modern view of parenting.
Head Start Program Expanded In Flint To Help Kids Exposed To Lead
It's an effort to combat the damaging effects on kids from the city's lead-laced water. The effects of lead exposure are lifelong and can cause learning disabilities.