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Education Gender Issues: Do Boys and Girls Really Learn Differently?

Is it true? Do boys and girls learn in different ways? Scientists have been looking at gender behavior in the classroom, including the development of both boys' and girls' brains - fascinating!

Balancing Public School Policy with Parents' Problems with Book Choices

Battles over reading lists and appropriate books for teenagers can cause major education issues between schools and parents. First Amendment principles and good parent-teacher communication can offer some solutions.

Research Round-up: Gender Talk

When it comes to education, gender issues are intensely researched. Some recent findings shed light on how to get boys to read and girls to take more math and science.

Major Education Issues for the 21st Century

EduGuide president Bryan Taylor reflects on the major education issues that have prompted changes in Michigan's educational goals and what they mean for students.

Celebrate National Children's Book Week with Fun Adolescent Activities

Schools and families can host numerous adolescent activities to celebrate reading. Popular children's books and events that celebrate reading can make books fun for kids in all K12 grades.

Advice for Teenagers Who Get a "Problem" Teacher

It's a fact of life: certain students and teachers just don't get along. Student teacher relationships can become strained, but can anything be done? The answer is sometimes it can!

School Issues: Understanding Diverse Needs Promotes Student Success

Schools are discovering that social strategies promoting diversity are keystone to student success. Not only are they teaching character, but they're promoting cooperation.

Public Education Issues: Does School Size Matter?

The effect of school size on students is one of the public education issues many parents wonder about. If that includes you, read this summary of recent research findings on school size and student performance.

Moving in the Middle: School Transition Causes Stress in Children

When a student in high school questions making a mid-year transition, his parents found themselves working with schools to develop academic and social strategies that can work for anyone making a school move.

Parent Involvement in Education: Choosing the Right School

Child development research suggests that there are several factors to take into account when choosing a school for your child. These K12 grades guidelines can help you make the best decision.

High School Discipline: Cracking Down on Cheating

One of the major education issues in our high schools today is cheating. A large number of kids have cheated on their high school academics, and schools are becoming tougher on cheaters.

Urban Magnet School Combines Technology with High School Academics

Learn how one Detroit urban magnet school combines successful high school academics with career job training.

Parents Involvement in Education Can Encourage Technology in Classrooms

Innovative parents of kids in K-12 grades recognize that technology is one of many major education issues. Parent involvement in education can inspire creative use of computers in the classroom.

Public School Policy: Choosing a School Board Candidate

Are you ready to vote for the people who are in charge of public school policy for your school district? Read this guide to prepare yourself.

Public School Policy: Your School Board's Agenda

A school board plays a crucial role in helping to solve schools' issues. They set public school policy, hire the superintendent, and respond to major education issues in the district.

Is Public School Policy Allowing Schools to Become Commercialized?

Advertisers promote their products in our schools, but do their products promote good health in school? Not everyone agrees with current public school policy on this controversial topic.

Public School Policy: No Child Left Behind Offers Free Tutoring to Some Students

If your child's school doesn't meet the grade according to the public school policy mandates of No Child Left Behind, then your children may qualify for special tutoring services.

Teachers' Expectations Affect Kids' Grades, Student-Teacher Relationships

Teachers' expectations of students based on race, gender, social class, and personality can affect kids' grades and the quality of student teacher relationships. What can parents do?

New Visions For Computer Education and Issues in Teaching Technology

Computer education is more than just skill building. Creative teachers in K12 grades can transform students' homework in computer education, current issues, history, art, and any other subject.

Public Education Issues Include "Common Ground" Conversations in Schools

Many schools are limiting what teachers and students can discuss in the classroom. Public school policy at many schools prohibits talk about sex, politics, or religion. But is this right?

Education Current Issues: Teaching Tolerance

Creating a tolerant school climate and teaching children behaviors that respect all cultures is one of the top education current issues. These social strategies offer guidelines.

High School Questions: Can the Principal Censor the School Newspaper?

Free speech has a slightly different meaning inside and outside of school. Understand your child's free speech rights. Find out what the law says about censorship of K12 grades school publications.

Can Music Education Improve Kids' Grades or Make Them Smarter?

What type of music is best for learning? Read about a study that found a positive correlation between classical music and kids' grades. It may convice you to turn up the volume.

Online Classes Reach Out to Students of All Learning Styles

Online learning offers new hope to parents of at-risk teens and for those looking for more home schooling resources. These online courses often appeal to students with learning types that struggle in traditional classrooms.

Should My Child Be Held Back?

Know the facts before you decide to hold your child back a grade. Get expert perspective and suggested alternatives to retention.

Participate in the Search to Define What Are Values and Standards for Schools

Schools are in the business of teaching character. How to define that character and how to teach it are major education issues that requires the involvement of parents and teachers.

Responding to Troublesome Teachers: Report Kids' and Parents' Problems to the School

It can be heartbreaking to watch a child struggle with a bad teacher. When even parent-teacher communication fails to get results, what can be done? One mom shares what she did when encountering real parents' problems with a ...

School Issues: What Secret Ingredient Makes a Good Teacher?

When you're looking for high quality teachers in K-12 grades, the scores on school standardized tests aren't necessarily going to point you in the right direction. Only parent involvement in education will reveal which teache...

Education and Issues With Math

Many schools are facing the traditional versus new math debate. This is just one of several major education issues in K12 grades that schools, parents and kids deal with every day.

Math and Science are Major Education Issues for Students in K-12 Grades

Any modern recipe for a student's success in K-12 grades is going to have as ingredients math, science, and parent involvement. Schools are finding new ways to teach and they need support from parents.

K-12 Education: Current Issues With No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind was developed as public school policy that would give parents more information. School standardized tests contribute to a report card on schools, but create major education issues.

Education Current Issues for Parents of Michigan Middle Schoolers

Parents of Michigan middle schoolers need to understand the education current issues of the Michigan Merit Curriculum to help their kids succeed. Find out more.

Michigan's Public School Policy Helps Michigan's Schools and Children Stay Ahead of the Curve

Michigan's new public school policy aims to make students competitive through content expectations, school standardized tests, and parent involvement in education.

Teaching Creative Thinking Skills

Teaching creative thinking skills is challenging, and critical creative thinking skills are rarely taught directly. Read about Future Problem Solving Program International, an organization with an innovative program.

What Is Cyber Bullying and How Can I Protect My Daughter?

Using computers and cell phones to torment others is putting teens at risk of cyber bullying. This article on cyber bullying is a must-read for every parent.

Real Life Story: Dropping Out without Falling Through

Read about one mom’s story and how, despite her son’s oppositional behavior, she managed to keep him from dropping out while giving him a very distinctive outlook on life.

Why Kids Drop Out of School

The risk factors in this article are the main reasons teens are dropping out of high school. Learn about each future predictor for dropping out and how to keep your kid in school and on the path to success.

What Parents Can Do to Keep a Child from Dropping Out of School

Research shows that parents of students of all ages can play an important part in keeping their kids in school and making sure they graduate successfully. Learn tips for elementary, middle school, and high school success.

Boys Who Bully: What, When, Where, Why, and How

Just because we know that many types of bullying occur at our kids’ schools doesn’t mean this type of social violence is harmless. Far from it! Learn why boys bully and how you can help your son if he is a victim of bullying.

Bullying Information Resource List for Boys

Discover the best resources for helping boys deal with bullies and for schools and communities to stop bullying before it starts. You’ll find various resources, including books, Web sites, seminars, and curricula.

Real Life Story: Mean Girls Rule

Bullying can cause stress in children, especially when you’re in a group that bullies and are trying to get out. Here’s one girl’s struggle for freedom.

When Is Bullying Sexual Harassment?

Cross-gender bullying and sexual harassment are serious issues for kids. Flirting is normal teenage behavior, but what happens when teens cross the line?

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