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Ohio School Shooting: Why Parents Are to Blame
School shootings are in the news again. An Ohio teenager opened fire on five classmates, killing two student and injuring three others. In Seattle, a 9-year-old...
In Brief: May 1, 2000
ANGRY KIDS With school violence regularly in the headlines, educators are looking for ways to teach children to control their anger while they're still young...
Families: How to Keep The Peace
All parents send their children off to start a new school year with great expectations. They look forward to seeing the confidence that comes with mastering a...
Book Banning Hits a Road Block: The First Amendment
Harry Potter, Heather's Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate must be very proud. Wednesday, in Wichita Falls, Tex., a federal judge struck down a local law...
In Brief: Sep. 27, 1999
YOU CAN'T HAVE THE KEYS To combat the high rate of teenage driving accidents, eight states last year instituted "graduated licensing" for those under 18...
Education: The ABCs of School Violence
Classroom survival is the lesson of the day It is morning at Morris High School, a gothic fortress rising above the ruins of New York City's scarred South Bronx...
Education: Blackboard Battlegrounds: A Question of Survival
SECURITY on our campuses is the No. 1 educational problem today not curriculums or new approaches to teaching," says California Educator Eugene McAdoo. "You...
A Clinician’s View of the Laptop-Shooting Dad
By shooting his daughter’s laptop and posting the event on YouTube, Tommy Jordan has become a minor celebrity. His actions give catharsis to perennial adult...
Too Cruel for School
Last spring, 14-year-old Song was dragged from the front gate of her Seoul high school to a vacant parking lot by 10 female classmates, who for the next four...
Education: Almost Free in Boston
After 13 years of battling over desegregation, Boston's school system still chafes under federal-court jurisdiction. That acrimonious situation headed toward a...
