Schools
go high-tech
Picture a private-school classroom in Indian Hill where kindergarten students
have a two-way video conference with the Cleveland Museum of Art and discuss
the use of color in Renoir's paintings.
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Your school's report card
All sorts of data is available on your child's school: Test performance, drop-out
rates, average teacher salaries, disciplinary actions. The trick is knowing where
to look. Here's a list of the various reports on public schools.
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Good
eating habits transfer
Jane Boback
has advice for parents who want their children to eat healthier
foods at school: Be a good role
model at home. "Set a good example, and it will rub off," says Boback,
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Pay
attention to the back
Some students say they feel as if they are carrying the weight of the world on
their backs, when what they really need to do is take a close look at what they
use daily to haul their school books around. Backpacks can
turn painful.
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Beat
the summer slump
Call it summer brain drain - the reason that, on the first day back to
school, eloquent linguists answer in monosyllabic grunts, math whizzes
struggle to make the numbers add up and young scientists can't find equilibrium
in the lab.
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Clubs
and teams
Whether it's singing with the school chorus, arguing with the debate team or
doing back flips with the gymnastics squad, extracurricular activities can be
as rewarding as they are diverse. And they're not a waste of time, studies say.
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Get
back into college swing
Buck up. It's time to buckle down at
Cincinnati's colleges.
Beginning this week,
more than
81,000 students will be moving into
dorms, picking
up college textbooks and
finding their ways to classes
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Bullying
isn't isolated behavior
Bullying: It's the timeless obstacle many students face and all parents dread.
A recent study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals a link between
bullying and more violent behavior. |
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| MOMENTS
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Kindergarten
through 12th
Follow the moments
many children experience from kindergarten through 12th grade, from the
first school-bus ride to college application deadlines.
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| VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED |
The Enquirer invites students, parents, teachers and school
administrators to join several reader panels to help the newspaper
provide authoritative coverage of school issues and events.
Volunteers may be invited to visit the Enquirer for panel
discussions, and they may receive e-mails from Enquirer staffers
asking about education issues.
If you would like to participate, e-mail Cindy Kranz at ckranz@enquirer.com for
Ohio schools or Karen Gutierrez at kgutierrez@enquirer.com for
Kentucky schools. Include your name, home phone number, age, grade,
school and e-mail address. If you're under age 18, please forward
a parental contact.
College students, parents and educators also are welcome to take
part in a panel on higher education. Contact Denise Smith Amos at damos@enquirer.com. |
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