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5 things teachers want parents to know
By Carl Azuz, CNN (CNN) - During the average school day, teachers are with children as many waking hours as parents are. But many educators believe there’s a short in the communication lines between...
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My View: Advice for parents who want to be partners in their kids’ education
By Sam Macer, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Sam Macer is a PTA dad and foster parent. As the immediate past president of the Maryland PTA and the current president of the Maryland Foster Parent...
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Anti-bullying ad sends gut-wrenching message to a different audience - adults
By Donna Krache, CNN Editor’s Note: Not In Our School offers resources to help adults empower students against bullying. You may also want to check out The Stop Bullying Speak Up campaign, sponsored...
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5 tips for a better parent-teacher conference
By Carl Azuz, CNN (CNN) - For many parents and teachers, it’s the first opportunity of the school year to sit down face to face and discuss everything from curriculum to issues that arise in the...
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Mother charged with assault, claims boys bullied her daughter
By Rande Iaboni, CNN (CNN) - Toms River, New Jersey police charged a mother with simple assault, criminal trespassing, and terroristic threats after an altercation with two boys on a public school bus....
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All eyes on Georgia, Washington as voters consider charter school initiatives
By Donna Krache, CNN (CNN) On Tuesday, voters in two states – Washington and Georgia – will be weighing in on charter schools. Charter schools are independent public schools that have flexibility in...
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Parents stampede school to get their kids in
Parents camped out for days in front of a South Carolina school that has an engineering curriculum in hopes of getting their kids enrolled. (WYFF video.)
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To help kids with tragedy, slow down, listen
By Michael Y. Simon, Special to CNN Editor's note: Michael Y. Simon is a psychotherapist, school counselor and founder of Practical Help for Parents, a support organization for parents, educators and...
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My View: Toys your child actually needs this Christmas
By Laurel Bongiorno, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Laurel Bongiorno is director of the master’s degree program in early childhood education at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. She is working...
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My View: Don't harp on report cards this holiday break
By Miriam Gamoran Sherin, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Miriam Gamoran Sherin, a public voices fellow with the OpEd Project, is professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and...
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Florida mom donates $11K for deputies to patrol her child's school
By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) - A Florida mother concerned about safety has donated more than $11,000 so that armed deputies can patrol the elementary school where her child attends, Flagler County...
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Our View: The missing piece in education reform? Dads
By Christopher Brown and Vincent DiCaro, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Christopher Brown is executive vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. Vincent DiCaro is vice president of...
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Students help dig out snowed-in schools
(CNN) - The town of Waterbury, Connecticut, was buried beneath snow after the massive winter storm that blanketed the Northeast last weekend. By Monday, snow removal was underway, but the town's 32...
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Fighting for your bullied child
By Chuck Hadad, CNN Programming note: Learn more about Alex’s story and see how he has transformed from bullying victim to advocate in the AC360° documentary “The Bully Effect” on Thursday, February 28...
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When teachers are the bully's target
By Stephanie Goldberg, CNN (CNN) – Several years ago, Brendesha Tynes was taken aback when she received an e-mail from one of her former students. The note directed her to a Facebook event for an...
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'I'm not your enemy': 10 things parents and teachers want each other to know
By Nicole Saidi, CNN (CNN) - Teachers and parents share a common purpose: educating children. But differing beliefs, expectations and methods can make collaboration more challenging. A 2011 story...
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My View: Students, find the 'best value' college for you
By David J. Skorton, Special to CNN Editor’s note: David J. Skorton is president of Cornell University and professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and...
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'New tradition' for Georgia students: Their first racially integrated prom
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) – As Quanesha Wallace remembers, it was around this time last year when the idea first came up at Wilcox County High School. It was nothing big, just chatter about prom,...
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My View: School calendar creep is killing summer - and hurting learning
By Julia Duin, Special to CNN Editor's note: Julia Duin teaches journalism at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. She worked in newspapers for 25 years, including stints at the Houston Chronicle,...
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My View: The can't-miss experience for a college senior
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN Editor's note: Elizabeth Landau is a writer and producer for CNN.com. She is a 2006 graduate of Princeton University. (CNN) - When I told my mother that my senior thesis...
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