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The Great Divide: Milk & Cookies

Tina Traster | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Elementary School, After-School Program, Relationships, Suburbia, Milk and Cookies, Second Grade, Fuse Beads, Living News
Tina Traster

A few weeks into kindergarten I felt air leak from my chest every time I picked my daughter up. A bunch of tattooed, nose-ringed counselors did little more than supervise a band a wilding children.

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Vaccines Important for Children's Health

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Louise Slaughter, New York State, Vaccines, Shots, Measles, Americans, 2008, Children, Vaccination, Elementary School, Autism, Immunization, School, Endemic Diseases, Parents, Living News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

Making sure that school age boys and girls are up to date on their vaccinations isn't fun, but it's absolutely necessary for the public health and the health of the child.

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Stop Beating Students with Disabilities in Schools

Alice Farmer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Aclu, Abuse, Psychological Stability, Corporal Punishment, Punishment, Elementary School, Human-Rights-Law, Students, Disabled-Children, Child Abuse, Human Rights Watch, Disabilities, ACLU Torture, Behavioral Psychology, Politics News
Alice Farmer

Corporal punishment causes pain, humiliation, and in some cases deep bruising or other serious injury; it also can have long-lasting psychological consequences.

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"My Memory Curves Like a Watermelon Rind"

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr. | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Elementary School, Summer, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Alexander, Living News
Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.

The young students were washed in that end of year glow where everything is bright, and each day is a gift as life closes in on the season that makes everyone free: summer.

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That Student-Teacher Thing

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, Student-Teacher Relationship, Elementary School, Goodbye Columbus, Bernard Malamud, Test Scores, Education, Merit Pay, Public School, High School, Middle School, I.B. Singer, Teachers, Catcher in the Rye, Philip Roth, Living News
Dennis Danziger

What I remember most about Ms. Fitzgerald's class is that when I wasn't staring at the clock, I was deciding which of my body parts to rip off and hand her in protest.

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Letters to President Obama from Fourth Graders in Harlem

Lauren Rubinfeld | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harlem, HuffPost Election Reaction, Student for Obama, President Obama, Election Reaction, Letters to Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Presidency, Elementary School, Presidential Election, Obama President, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News
Lauren Rubinfeld

Dear President Obama, My name is Shareef and I am writing to you to say congratulations on being the first black President. Your wife must be very proud of you.

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Does Sarah Palin Believe in Oil?

Jessica Olien | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Fossil Fuel, Evolution, Oil, Drill Baby Drill, Dinosaurs, Sarah Palin, Intelligent Design, Elementary School, Political Satire, Green News
Jessica Olien

Palin doesn't believe in those funny-lookin' fossils that eventually evolved into you and me. This is extremely funny as she certainly seems to believe in their byproduct oil.

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"Off The Bus": Inside A Parent's Head on the First Day of School

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Parenting Tips, Elementary School, Parenting, Schools, School, Parenting Advice, Education in America, Happiness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

The night before the first day of school was always the longest night of my life. I'd lie wide awake for hours, wondering about my locker location, ...

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Back to School Stealing

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Gun Violence, Elementary School, Robbery, School, Crime, Kids and Guns, Living News
Jessica Olien

In elementary school, on the first day of every school year, my class was shown a video about being a "latchkey kid." Little Billy or Tony -- or whate...

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