the honest scoop – 10-24-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
Citing mediocre results so far, the Education Secretary is looking for a “revolutionary change” in the way colleges prepare new teachers for the classroom.
Do you recognize this teenage girl who was discovered lost in Times Square two weeks ago with no memory of who she is?
An accident leaves a mother dead and her baby born:
A county in a state with one of the worst infant mortality rates in the U.S. sees a remarkable and much welcomed turnaround in the health of their African-American babies.
A tragic reminder to secure your televisions, computer monitors and other electronics when toddlers are in the house.
No money for school bus inspections? Then no school bus service.
The children of illegal aliens find themselves in a complex legal maze once their parents are detained on immigration offenses.
Teens are finally taking to Twitter.
Taking on those tantrums:
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Is Miley Cyrus the most famous kid to get the swine flu so far?
Greg Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, gets quizzed by his young readers, courtesy of NPR.
New dad Taye Diggs talks placenta pill.
Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel is about to become a real mother of NYC too.
The bookmobile is back on the road again:
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