high school

Children's School & Education

Preventing school dropouts: How you can make a difference

The statistics on school dropouts in America is staggering — 19 percent of young adults have not graduated from high school or...

Children's School & Education

Tracking your child's grades online

The internet has brought so much to our lives since it boomed in the mid-90s. Who could now live without a certain online...

Movies & Reviews

Top DVD releases: The Five-Year Engagement takes the cake

This week’s top five DVD releases include the romantic comedy we’ve been waiting for... or rather, the wedding we’ve been waiting...

Tweens, Teens & College

Tutoring and test prep: What parents of teens need to know

Back-to-school time is already here, and for high school students, that means more than just returning to campus. Fall is the time...

Tweens, Teens & College

Volunteering opportunities for teens

Most teens must complete community service requirements for graduation and school organizations. Help your child find meaningful...

Teen School & Education

College solicitations: Real mail or junk mail?

In the increasingly competitive college application process, not only are our kids competing for spaces in the college or university...

Tweens, Teens & College

Editors said this photo was too sexy for the yearbook

A Colorado teenager's senior pictures were rejected by a committee of her peers recently for being too sexy to appear in their...

Children's School & Education

Homework help tips for every age

Help your child shoot to the top of his class with our homework help tips for kids in kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high...

School & Education

5 Creative gifts for the high school graduate

Don't get the high school graduate a boring set of towels this year! Sure, there are tons of things they need if they're heading off...

School & Education

Graduation gifts they’ll actually use

Graduation season is here, and thousands of young people are graduating from high school and college and looking to enter the next...

Tweens, Teens & College

High School student who ranked female classmates on Facebook list in hot water

An Illinois teenager and (former) high school student is in trouble after he was identified as being responsible for circulating a...

Teen Behavior

Should you chaperone your teen's prom?

Senior prom is a high school highlight that most teens anxiously anticipate for most of their teenage years. Like most parents, you...

Teen Behavior

Prom queen and king: Should your teen run for prom court?

When it comes to running for prom queen or king, this teen prom popularity contest can have two sides. From dealing with...

Children's School & Education

More kids graduating from high schools

More students are graduating from high school today. But how does this mesh with the Obama Administration's goals for graduation...

Teen School & Education

Increase your child's ACT scores with our top study tips

Good ACT scores are important to many college-bound high school juniors and seniors. Preparation for the exam can stress our your...

Teen Health & Wellness

Vaccines for high school and college freshmen

Vaccines continue to perplex parents concerned about protecting their children against serious diseases yet who want to avoid...

School Supplies

Green school supplies for high school

This year, when shopping for back-to-school supplies, encourage your high schoolers to go green with environmentally friendly school...

Studying & Making the Grade

The best times and places to study

Unless you’re a natural bookworm, sitting down to study –- then trying to remember all you’ve read -– can be hard. Make the process...

School Supplies

Dos and don'ts for backpacks

Backpacks come in all shapes, colors and sizes, with and without wheels, in double-strap and cross-body styles. Kids can express...

School Tips for Moms

Helping students avoid bad influences

As a parent, you take your job of guiding and positively influencing your child seriously. Unfortunately, as many parents learn when...

Studying & Making the Grade

Checklist: Does your child need a tutor?

Kim Duckworth, academic coach and owner of SEC Tutoring in Scottsdale, Arizona, suggests keeping the following points in mind...