The kids are on their way back to school and the polls are reporting what every parent already knows…August is an expensive month! Here’s an early look at this year’s back-to-school spending numbers in the United States according to a National Retail Federation survey (8,361 reporting): School Clothing Spending: $234.51 in 2008 vs $231.80 in [...]
The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project was created to give children in developing nations an opportunity to learn with the help of an innovative little laptop, the XO. Judging from the new XO-2 demo given in yesterday’s OLPC Global Workshop, new versions of the little laptop may one day become the tool of choice [...]
Dear Dr.MOZ, We’ll soon be moving to a new state and I was wondering…how do parents learn about potential schools before they get there? When you are new to an area, you don’t really have anyone to ask except for realtors or the schools themselves. Do you have any tricks up your sleeve for reviewing [...]
Today we’re celebrating back-to-school madness with two fantastic guides! Our “healthy dose of fun” starts of with a crazy-cool shopping guide from Cool Mom Picks full of tasty discounts on sweet school swank. The “health” portion of today’s post is a survival guide by DIY Life for the other participants of the back-to-school craziness…the teachers! [...]
There will be a bus load of first-time school bus riders as we begin the new school year, and as you probably already know…many kids simply don’t like the bus. Some children are weary of bullies, others aren’t sure about the bus drivers, and most are afraid that they’ll end up somewhere in Egypt! We [...]
