Via CNN: The death toll from an attack at a kindergarten in northwestern China rose to nine Wednesday after one of the wounded victims died, state media said. A man with a kitchen cleaver hacked to death a teacher and seven kindergarten students — five boys and two girls. He then returned home and committed […]

Earth Day is April 22, 2010. Celebrate by supporting  environmental education and outdoor play, which is important for our children’s personal and academic growth.

From WGNTv.com: CHICAGO – Four people were killed and two injured this morning after a man went on a deadly rampage on the city’s south side. Chicago police held an impromptu news conference this morning near the home of a deadly multiple shooting that left four family members dead on the scene and two others […]

Via CBSNews.com: Children of Haiti are now most at risk from waterborne diseases and malnutrition while the Haiti Death Toll climbs to 230,000.

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From CNN.com: Washington (CNN) — The United States will work with the Haitian government and with international and private aid groups to protect Haitian children who might be at risk because they were orphaned or separated from their parents by the earthquake, the State Department said Thursday.

The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.