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School's Sunscreen Ban Leaves Students Severely Burned

Don Deane — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:01:02 +0000

In a move that seems to defy all logic, a school in Washington State has banned the use of sunscreen, sending two sisters to the hospital with painful-looking sunburn after a field trip. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player 11-year-old Violet Michener and her 9-year-old sister Zoe, who has albinism and is particularly sun-sensitive, went on [...]

Should Kids Go To School Year Round?

Dave McCord — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:28:51 +0000

The kids are counting down the days until they have a break from school but what happens to everything they have learned this year over the summer? Some will retain portions of it, others, like me, will forget most of what they learned and will end up struggling in the first few weeks of next school year. A recent study shows that American kids are behind much of the world in learning and some propose sending the kids to school year round.

Dinosaur Scares Australian School Children [VIDEO]

Wolf — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:31:43 +0000

One of the first things a youngster learns about dinosaurs is that they have long been extinct. On a certain level, these Australian school children have internalized that lesson. However, when the life-like prehistoric beast starts to roar in this video (after the jump), some of them no longer seem so sure.

In defense of the scaredy cats, that's a pretty impressive movie-quality dinosaur suit they are being confronted with.

Read on to hear the high-pitched squeals of childhood.