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Parents Accessing Children’s Grades Online–Good or Bad?

Monday, October 6th, 2008

An article in Stars and Stripes recently reported that the  Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe implemented a new software program , GradeSpeed. The program gives parents via Internet access to their children’s progress with attendance, assignments and grades. 
Instead of hearing about grades at report periods only, GradeSpeed allows parents to keep up as teachers enter grades throughout [...]

McDonald’s Earns an F for Advertising in Schools

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Although McDonald’s claims that it doesn’t advertise in schools, it has clearly stepped into the classroom with both feet.  The corporation provides the report card envelopes for the elementary schools in Seminole County, Florida featuring Ronald McDonald and offering free Happy Meals to students with good grades, behavior or attendance.
 The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) demanded that McDonald’s [...]