10 Easy Ways Families Can Exercise Together

Pursuing a fit, active lifestyle as a family shows your child that you value exercise and fitness as well as learning new things.

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Volunteering Opportunities for Kids

Many students today volunteer in order to meet their school’s required community service hours. For students not old enough for a paid job, volunteering is a way to explore a field of interest.

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Should Your Child's School Have the Right to See Her Facebook Page?  |  Carol Brooks Ball

Pam Broviak of Illinois made headlines recently when she blogged about how officials at her daughter’s school forced the middle-schooler to show...

What Do Standardized Test Scores, and Percentiles, Mean?  |  Livia McCoy

Often when schools do standardized testing, they report the scores in percentiles. Percentiles are not the same thing as percentages (percents), even though...