Gun control has become such a hot button topic recently, what with more public shootings popping up all over the country. People in America are worried about their safety in everyday settings, including, but not limited to college campuses. Recently Indiana State Senator Jim Banks introduced a bill that will bring more guns onto college […]
It is no surprise that there is a strong connection between the arts and academic achievement. However, with so many cutbacks in our school systems and the pressures of raising test scores, art is always the first to go. This is so frustrating to me. Although my daughter is not enrolled in school yet, it is still daunting for me […]
A third grader from Queens, New York sold his father’s handgun to a classmate at school for $3.50. He took the gun off of the top shelf in his home where his dad hid it for protection. Apparently, he didn’t hide it well enough! The gun was illegal, and according to police, there were live […]
This is a plea to parents, teachers and any other adult who plays a role in a child’s life. In the past several weeks, there have various cases of young kids and teens committing suicide due to the constant bullying that they are experiencing at school. Thus far the reactions over their deaths have been […]
Send your kids back to school with everything they need. Here are 6 must-have items for the upcoming school year.
Kids are putting on their backpacks, sharpening their pencils, and returning to class, but how many of them will actually walk to school? Not many compared to eras past. In 1969, some 50 percent of children walked or biked to school, and 87 percent of children living within one mile of school got a little […]
We can’t believe it… school is starting up again. And that means that the early-morning scramble is about to start.
(BlackDoctor.org) — Having your child ask you over a million questions, during the seemingly worst possible times, may be like “gravy” compared to him or her habitually refusing to go to school. He or she may be worthy of an Oscar for acting as though they’re too sick to attend class, and he or she […]
