Cyberbullying

Hi All,

If you haven't heard of the term cyberbullying, you're about to in this post.  Click here to learn about just exactly what cyberbullying is about. 

Just what exactly is cyberbulling? It is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or  perceived power imbalance. 

Click on this link to learn about some of the effects of cyberbullying (think poor grades in school, lower self-esteem and unwillingness to go to school - among others).

As a parent you might say, 'my child isn't going to be cyberbullied...its rare.  Click on this link from the National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics to learn about the frequency of cyberbullying. 

So how do you stop cyberbullying when it happens?  Click on this link (Stopping Bullying on the Spot), and this link (What Happened?) , and this link (Be More Than a Bystander).

Readers also might like to visit this link (Support the Kids Involved).

Hopefully you won't need the links, but if you do, they are at the ready on this blog!

Regards,
Stu

 

Hi All,

School and schooling is important - for kids - obviously.  Heck, without schools kids wouldn't be growing up with the skills they need to become productive, vital adults and human beings.  Imagine a world where there were no schools or colleges?  Yup - it would pretty much be chaos and not a good world to live in!

Anyway, I just found a website where users can find and share information about schools - the site is called Great!Schools.org and is easy to navigate and search.

Upon visiting the site, users can 'Find a School', 'Review Your School', and 'Discover'.  A bit further down on the page is a link to Great!Kids Milestones - which has lots of videos about the various milestones that kids should be reaching at various ages'. Note that users can select milestones by grade - which go up to 5th grade.


Users can enter a city name, zip code, address or school name when visiting the sites homepage.  Upon entering the information users come to a new page which explains what grades the school covers, whether or not the school is public or private, the location of the school, contact information and the number of students that are enrolled in the school.

Further down on the page are links for an Overview of the school, Reviews of the school, Quality of the school and Details of the school.

Users of Great!Schools.org can also sign in using Facebook or create an account with Great!Schools if they so choose.  Finally, users can get Great!Schools best articles, worksheet, and more delivered weekly to your inbox by clicking on this link!

In a future blog post, I am going to introduce another school-education related website: the New York State Report Cards section of the  New York State Department of Education website!  Its a very timely, information and well organized website run by the NYS Department of Education!

Enjoy Great!Schools.org and stay tuned for the next blog post about the NYS Report Cards!

Regards,

Stu

School Speed Zone Cameras

Hi All,


And now for some interesting news about school speed zone cameras...they are being repealed in both Nassau and Suffolk counties.  Click on this link from Newsday for the complete article - entitled, 'Nassau, Suffolk, Move To Kill School Speed Camera Programs'  Article is from 12/8/14.

For an article on how much money the Nassau Speed Cameras generated - get ready, its a LOT of money - click on this link.  The article title is 'Nassau Speed Cameras Generate 400,000 Tickets, Report Says'. Again the article came from Newsday.com - this time from 12/11/14.

And, for what its worth, click on this link to find Speed Camera Location in Nassau County.

Click on this interesting article from Newsday; called 'Accident Data Doesn't Support School zone Speed Camera Locations, Newsday Analysis'.

Finally, click on this article from ABC7 News called, 'Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano Changing Speed Camera Operation Times'.  Enjoy the links and the information.

Regards,
Stu