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    The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males: We All Should Pay Attention

    Posted August 22nd, 2010 by Homa Tavangar

    Forty-seven percent of Black American males graduate from high school in the U.S.  In other words, the majority of black boys are not graduating from high school in the United States of America. The 47% takes all states into account, from Maine, with a 98% graduation rate, to New York, with just 25% of black [...]

    To Ritalin or not to Ritalin

    Posted August 17th, 2010 by Joe Newman

    As a behavior specialist who as a child was medicated from 1970 to 1977 I’m often asked my opinion about Ritalin. Here’s my experience.

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    Raising Healthy Eaters

    Posted August 2nd, 2010 by Joe Newman

    Sometimes the hardest part about getting your children to eat healthy food and fight child obesity is getting them to choose the healthy food option. Here’s the behavior methods that show you the way to guide them to healthy food choices

    1 Million young kids are left alone after school.

    Posted July 30th, 2010 by Sarah Francis

    Dust off the backpacks and dig out the lunch sacks – back to school time is just weeks away.  And, working parents across this country are spending these last few weeks arranging, searching, and confirming afterschool care. Unfortunately, many parents don’t succeed in finding afterschool care for their kids . More than 1 million children [...]

    Emotionally Healthy Children

    Posted July 28th, 2010 by Joe Newman

    A method for parents to balance empowering their children and still set firm boundaries so children become psychologically strong, healthy and respectful of others.

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    It Simply Just Isn’t Right

    Posted July 27th, 2010 by Sarah Francis

    It simply isn’t right to take advantage of new parents when they’re vulnerable. But baby formula companies are doing just that.  And this is especially wrong because empty infant formula advertising claims undermine evidence-based messages like “breastfeeding is best for babies.”  This has got to be fixed, and we have a chance right now to [...]

    The End of Our Broadcasting Day

    Posted July 24th, 2010 by Lily Eskelsen

    Back in the day, when I was small, I remember waking up too early for TV to be on. I woke up too early for TV to be on.

    If you are under 20, you have no idea what I just said. My brothers and sisters would run downstairs in our jammies on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons, but TV didn’t come on until 6 am, so it was possible to wake up too early.

    Blogging for Children at Netroots Nation

    Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Lily Eskelsen

    There is a universal measure. When faced with a problem, do what’s right for children. If you do what’s right for children, it’s the right solution.

    There’s something crazy with the way we approach food

    Posted June 25th, 2010 by Sarah Francis

    You know there’s something really crazy with the way we approach food in this country when 1 in 4 U.S. children stand on the brink of hunger AND 1 in 3 children are obese or overweight. We finally have a chance to change this! This month the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act was introduced [...]

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    April showers bring May flowers, June brings…Early Learning Advocacy Day

    Posted June 21st, 2010 by Ashlee

    I always look forward to June—it’s the month to celebrate Father’s Day, the arrival of summer and Early Learning Advocacy Day. This June, California’s Early Learning Advocacy Day convened more than 350 early learning advocates from across the state—including teachers and providers, parents, business leaders and others—to the state Capitol to advocate for high-quality early [...]

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