the honest scoop – 10-30-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
By simply lowering the standards that need to be reached, the Education Department thinks many states are fudging the numbers when it comes to student achievement levels.
A study by the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center reports that up to 17,000 children have died unnecessarily over the last two decades due to a lack of medical insurance.
Kids with swine flu are filling up hospital emergency rooms:
The new model for sex ed abstains from taking an abstinence-only approach.
Much to a DA’s chagrin, Texas has a law on the books that prevents him from charging a dad who forced his 8 and 9-year old daughters to watch hardcore pornography.
One elementary school implements a simple three minute test to identify struggling young readers and help them before the problem gets worse.
A few tips to help you get your reluctant reader interested in books.
Over 300 Filipino teachers working in Louisiana claim they are essentially working in servitude.
A mom works miracles with coupons to feed her family of six for just $4 per week.
Looking for revenue, retailers start Black Friday sales early this year:
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Getting into the spirit of things this weekend, the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Fransciso is hosting a HallowScreen film festival of their spookiest cartoons.
Baby #4 is on the way for Mark Wahlberg and his wife and it’s going to be a girl.
The very fortunate young stars of Slumdog Millionaire are putting their trust funds on the line in favor of egregious truancy.
Just another single working mom, Reese Witherspoon is doing the best she can to make it through the day.
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