parents, Students rally behind embattled Sudbury teacher
24 May 2012, 12:09 am
A group of parents protested outside the school central office yesterday in support of a first-grade teacher they said was wrongly accused of abuse. School officials were mum on the status of first-grade teacher Janice Donahue, who has not been teaching at Peter Noyes Elementary School since late April, according to parents. Donahue met with Superintendent Anne Wilson behind closed doors for ...

parents bank umbilical cord tissue for stemcell
23 May 2012, 1:50 pm
Australian parents are paying to freeze not just their newborn's umbilical cord blood but also cord tissue with a type of stemcell that could one day be used to regenerate bone and muscle.

parents at Ridge Community High Interested in Conversion To Charter
23 May 2012, 1:44 am
parents at Ridge Community High School are showing interest in becoming a conversion charter school. The School Advisory Committee recently received a presentation on the subject from Carolyn Bridges, senior director of magnet choice and charter.

SchoolBook: More parents Are Saying No to Pearson's Field Tests
23 May 2012, 1:04 am
As city students have begun a new round of standardized tests -- this time so-called

More parents Are Saying No to Pearson's Field Tests
23 May 2012, 12:44 am
As city students have begun a new round of standardized tests -- this time so-called

parents of Frenchwoman Cassez confident Mexico will free her
22 May 2012, 10:01 pm
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The parents of a Frenchwoman imprisoned in Mexico for kidnapping said on Tuesday they are optimistic the Supreme Court will free her after reviewing the case that has caused a diplomatic rift between France and Mexico. Florence Cassez, 37, has maintained she is innocent since her arrest in 2005, but the Mexican government has defended the conviction that sentenced her to ...

What parents Should Think About Before Succumbing To College Sports Scholarship Dreams
22 May 2012, 1:42 pm
As parents, we teach our children that they can be anything they want to be. Then, later, we deal with their resentment, and the subsequent therapy bills, when they learn that, in fact, they cannot be anything they want to be. Or, as happens with many sports parents, we put off any possible resentment by doubling down on the pitching lessons and travel leagues to ensure that our child gets that ...

parents find $210,000 in bid to reopen centre
22 May 2012, 1:30 pm
Distressed parents of autistic children have raised more than $210,000 to reopen the LEARN therapy centre and structure it so it does not keep collapsing.

parents ‘disappointed’ about having to serve more volunteer hours
22 May 2012, 11:48 am
parents hoping for places in “hot” primary schools for their children reacted with resignation to news that the volunteer requirement has been upped.

parents 'abused Shafilea daily'
22 May 2012, 10:56 am
A mother and father accused of murdering their daughter physically abused her "every day", her sister tells a court.