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Tainted Chinese Baby Milk Makes 432 Babies Sick Chinese milk now appears to have been tainted to increase the profits of the dealers. By adding a chemical that is regularly used in other...

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Art projects are common in elementary schools and are intended to build creativity and confidence. However, such projects can pose serious risks and need to be approached with a certain level of precaution.

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Show-and-tell in schools presents an opportunity for students to have fun, learn, and share their stories. It's generally a positive, confidence-boosting experience for students; sometimes, however, the experience doesn't go exactly according to plan. The experience can turn negative and potentially have damaging effect on a student; however, there are measures we can take in order to prevent this.

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Providing medical assistance to students is highly controversial; in fact, it's so risky many schools actually discourage the administration of drugs to students. Instead, they push for student self-medication and aim to involve themselves only in situations where emergency treatments are needed.

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Crossing guard programs are established to ensure pedestrian safety in areas around the school. Many schools implement such programs in combination with safe routes to school programs.

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Teachers just know that today I’m not picking on you. I do realize you have a tough job babysitting all those kids raised on participation trophies. I know what happens. They show up to class with...

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School Bus Safety is a major safety concern for schools. Abidance by school bus seating standards, combined with the utilization of other saftey devices, provides occupant protection for students.

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It seems everywhere you look today someone is protesting being held accountable. Lobbyists are crawling all over Washington enticing our government representatives to pass laws creating immunity...

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Teachers an administators have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for students that is conducive to learning. Certain styles of dress can disrupt the educational processes by distracting faculty or other students; thus, it is sometimes necessary to implement a dress code.

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Megan wrote yesterday about science laboratory accidents that injure students. Her post Experiments in Education, discussed the danger for serious injury while conducting lab experiments. I was...

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