Back to School

With the beginning of a new school year comes a need to help kids manage their extracurricular activities, homework and busy schedules. Here’s a how-to guide with advice on helping your kids meet their commitments with ease.

Fearing food labels to be too confusing for people with food allergies, the United States and Canada are considering revising labeling standards.

Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children are being ostracized in schools and playgroups.

The Clayton County schools have lost accreditation after failing to meet eight of nine required improvements set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Legislators across the country are pushing for mandatory recess and free time as individual schools are increasingly being kept inside for a variety of reasons.

The mayor of Akron, Ohio, has proposed leasing its sewage company to a private contractor to raise scholarship money that would keep educated professionals in the area.

Criticism surrounding the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings adds to a chorus of questions about the nation’s oldest educational ranking system.

As part of a campaign to get processed meats out of schools, the Cancer Project released a controversial commercial citing a link between hot dogs and colon cancer.

A new version of Amazon’s electronic book reader may mean students will no longer have to lug backpacks filled with heavy books.

What happens off campus no longer stays off campus at some universities, as administrators cross property lines to police students’ behavior.

Even when you’re shopping for “needs” rather than “wants,” setting out to stock up on new stuff can be fun. In “Shop Around the Web” we’ll show you sites that will help you perk up your purchases. This week we focus on back-to-school supplies to help outfit kids with the stuff they need (and a little of what they want), as they get ready to hit the books again.

Concerns about Merck’s HPV vaccine remain after reports of negative health effects. Some say good marketing, however, keeps the drug going strong.

A Texas school district has given its teachers the option to carry guns, raising questions about how far schools should go to keep their kids safe.

In an attempt to avoid mistakes of the past, flu vaccine makers are shipping out their product, made up of three new flu strains, months earlier than usual.

As the childhood obesity epidemic continues to broaden across the world, health advocates and policy-makers are turning to schools in an effort to combat the problem.

The number of catastrophic injuries suffered by cheerleaders is higher than previously thought.

In an effort to increase diversity in public schools and universities in light of recent Supreme Court rulings, educators have turned their attention to economic disparity.

Implantable lenses may work as a last-ditch effort at preventing blindness in children with lazy eyes that were diagnosed too late.

Educators and innovators are looking ahead to see how emerging technologies and philosophies will assure that a wired education system is a prepared one.

As the debate stirs over whether to give electrocardiograms to children taking ADHD stimulant medications, parents wonder whom to believe.

After reviewing thousands of reports of health problems reportedly linked to the HPV vaccine, U.S. officials said that “its benefits continue to outweigh its risks.”

A government agency has abandoned a study on chelation, a process that removes heavy metals from the body. Some parents believe the treatment is a miracle cure.

Many parents say chelation, a process that removes heavy metals from the body, cures their autistic children. Critics claim a study of the controversial method would be unethical.

In an effort to fend off heart disease in adults, pediatricians are urging wider cholesterol screening in children and the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Teenage girls are less active than their male counterparts, which can lead to a variety of health issues, including obesity and poor eating habits.