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After a young girl's lemonade stand in east London brought a fine of nearly $200, the local council apologized. Now the girl's family is calling on more kids to open their own stands.

World News

Father Of Girl Ticketed For Selling Lemonade Responds To Supporters: 'Make A Stand'

5:34pm July 23, 2017

by Bill Chappell

A 5-year-old girl whose sidewalk lemonade stand brought a $195 fine in London has been invited to set up shop elsewhere. Her dad says, "Now she feels less sour about the experience."

My Son Is In Special Education And I Want Him To Be Challenged

11:16am July 11, 2017

by Margaret Gilmour

Seeing his potential, one mother wonders why her child isn't held to higher standards at school, despite his learning disability.

The pay gap between teachers and school administrators is significant. Which means educators hoping to advance their career often leave the classroom behind.

Increasing Salaries So Teachers Don't Have To Become Principals

1:56pm June 01, 2017

by Lee Hale

Teachers across the country are choosing to leave the classroom for better pay as school administrators, where they can sometimes double their salaries.

Nicole Boykins is principal at Crocker College Prep in New Orleans. The pre-K through eighth grade school is one of five schools in a program to better serve children who've been exposed to trauma.

When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline

8:07am May 30, 2017

Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.

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Killip Elementary third graders Alexa Cardenas (left) and Luis Gonzalez (right) are preparing for the chess SuperNationals.

The Idea Was To Keep Kids Safe After School. Now They're Chess Champions

4:36pm May 09, 2017

by Laurel Morales

This low-income elementary school will send dozens of kids to the SuperNationals of chess this week in Nashville, Tenn.

Social media postings showing parents "disciplining" their children, including (from left) LaToya Graham, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Tavis Sellers, went viral.

Health & Safety

The Perils And False Rewards Of Parenting In The Era Of 'Digi-Discipline'

1:01pm April 07, 2017

by Denene Millner

In a society where black people have power, beating children and posting it on social media is just as much about performing respectability as it is punishing wrongdoing.

Shaw, 8, plays an improv game with Erin McTiernan, an Indiana State University doctoral student. Shaw is a participant in an improv class at Indiana State University for children with high functioning autism.

Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

4:36pm February 13, 2017

by Peter Balonon-Rosen

Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.

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Ruby Lortie (center, wearing black), marches to get out the vote with other fifth-grade students from Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies in Boulder, Colo.

These Fifth-Graders Think It's Really, Really Important That You Vote

6:50pm November 07, 2016

by Jenny Brundin

They're too young to vote, but they're still getting out the vote. After learning about the history of voting and democracy in America, these young activists took their message to a college campus.

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A sign outside the camp office offers a reminder of the gadget policy.

National

Summer Camps Struggle To Enforce Bans On Screen Time

3:27am August 12, 2016

by Tovia Smith

Summer sleep-away camps say it's getting harder to enforce cell phone bans, and millennials say it's tough going cold turkey. But they all say it's more important than ever to learn how to unplug.

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Heather Shumaker encourages "renegade parenting."

Parenting Pitfalls: Renegades, Privilege And Putting On The Boxing Gloves

5:31pm May 29, 2016

Heather Shumaker and Stephanie Land are two parenting writers with different ideas about how class and conventional wisdom shape the modern view of parenting.

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