CHICAGO (CBS) — A substitute teacher in Waukegan has been charged with leaving a 14-year-old boy with a black eye and broken finger after getting physical with the student last month at Jack Benny Middle School. Lamont Bankston, 49, is charged with one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily…
#parent | #kids | What we’re learning about student performance during COVID is scary. But you can help, Editorial Board writes | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children | #schools
The next steps are things we should have done anyway. Better funding and less disruption for our schools. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Orem Junior High School, empty and closed on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board | Nov. 6, 2022, 12:00 p.m…….
#parent | #kids | Moms Demand Action leader says Missouri should check the data on gun safety | #schoolshooting
When St. Louis added its name to the tragic list of cities that have endured a fatal school shooting, Shannon Watts was not particularly surprised. Missouri, she knew, has among the weakest gun laws in the country. Conversely, it has the fourth-highest rate of gun deaths per 100,000 people. As…
#parent | #kids | MSU and Michigan football respond to Saturday’s fight in the tunnel | #students | #parents
If you’re a Michigan State football fan, Saturday’s game against the University of Michigan was pretty ugly. What happened after the game was even uglier. A video from ESPN showed Michigan State players punching and shoving a Michigan player in the Ann Arbor tunnel after the game. Both teams used…
#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | ‘Sex Trafficking in Houston: Hidden in Plain Sight’
Most Houstonians are aware Houston is a major hub for human trafficking, especially sex trafficking, and may even be aware a large number of nonprofit and governmental agencies are dedicated to combating the problem. The College of Public Service’s Center for Public Service & Community Research is hosting its vitalvoices…
#parent | #kids | How to handle your grumpy toddler? Follow these parenting tips | #parenting
The proper upbringing of children is a priority for every parent. Their parents want everything to be good for the child. Parents do a lot to fulfil their child’s wishes and bring smiles to their faces. But despite all this, sometimes some children show their displeasure in the form of…
#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | Thirty-Four-Year-Old Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking 13-Year-Old Female into The New Orleans Area to Perform Commercial Sex Acts | USAO-EDLA
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDI LEWIS (a/k/a “Teddy,” a/k/a “Teddy P.”), age 34, from Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on November 2, 2022 before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk to Count 2 of the indictment pending against him, charging LEWIS with sex trafficking……
#parent | #kids | Four seats contested in Guilford County Board of Education races | #Education
GREENSBORO — Voters have the chance to shape Guilford County’s Board of Education at a time when the district’s priorities are up for a reset. The moment comes amid a push by some conservatives in Guilford County and across the country to remold local school boards. Five seats on the…
#parent | #kids | Authoritarian, freewheeler or data wonk – what type of parent are you? | Parents and parenting | #parenting
The gently does it Subscribing to this umbrella term for methods that have their beginnings in clinical and developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind’s authoritative style (some boundaries set, but with a very child-centred approach) puts you in one of the 2020s’ most populous tribes. You acknowledge that your child’s brain and…
#parent | #kids | Redistricting error found affecting Cobb Board of Education Posts 2 and 6 | #Education
By Rebecca Gaunt Voters found a redistricting error during the last week of advance voting that placed 121 voters into Cobb County school board Post 2 who should have been in Post 6. Democrat Becky Sayler and Republican Stephen George are running for Post 2. Democrat Nichelle Davis is running…