News Briefs
May 6, 2008
However, more than 60 percent think students fight a lot or aren’t sure about the level of fighting.
April 29, 2008
A computer game created by a federal agency aims to teach children conflict-resolution skills and offer an alternative to violent computer and video games that have become popular with young people.
April 29, 2008
Children feel safer at school, perform better on national tests, and are healthier by some measures, says a report.
April 29, 2008
Coaches have called state with concerns about players rapidly gaining weight, and strength.
April 1, 2008
Infants who experience insecure access to food will be less cognitively advanced when they become toddlers, compared with infants who had consistent access to food, concludes a study.
April 1, 2008
Comprehensive sex education is a better deterrent of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases than abstinence-only education, says a new report.
April 11, 2008, AP
Restoration of funding will support effort to reduce a backlog of hundreds of cases involving teachers and administrators accused of having sex with students.
March 19, 2008
The Chicago school district is exploring the possibility of opening a residential program for homeless teenagers who attend one of its charter high schools, officials said this week.
March 11, 2008
School nutrition directors said last week they struggled to keep up to date with the frequently changing information released by the USDA as it handled the nation’s largest beef recall.
March 5, 2008
The chairman of the House education committee on Tuesday reiterated his criticism of the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its meat-inspection system in the wake of the massive beef recall that has ensnared school districts nationwide.
