Marie is the education reporter for Mason and Kings schools. She completed her Masters in Education at Bowling Green State University and taught K-12 Literacy and high school English for almost 10 years before turning to journalism. She lives in Liberty Township with her family.
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“When did it become OK for kids to be rude to their parents?”
My 13-year-old daughter asked me this question in the grocery store last week after witnessing a child’s outburst to his mom, complete with him telling her to “Shut up!”
“I don’t know,” I told her.
There was a time I used to consider myself rather intelligent. I have official documentation that proves that I’m no slouch when it comes having “smarticle particles,” as my girls like to call it.
It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot since August when my girls — ages 9 and 13 — started back to school.
MIDDLETOWN — A small group of children spill out of the Robert “Sonny” Hill Community Center on a gorgeous Tuesday morning, June 29, eager for the day’s events at their summer camp program.
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown City Schools’ latest benchmark assessments offer conflicting data about student performance in reading and math for the 2009-10 academic year, according to Betsy Carter, the district's director of learning.
TRENTON — The Edgewood Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night, June 28, to approve a resolution of necessity to put a five-year substitute levy on the November ballot.
National survey results released this week indicated alcohol and drug use among middle and high school students in Butler County has decreased in recent years.
TRENTON — Edgewood school board member Jim Miller literally had his back against the wall Thursday evening, June 24, as more than a dozen people accepted his invitation to meet in the Edgewood High School parking lot to discuss his levy position.
MIDDLETOWN — As dark clouds hung low and thunder rumbled outside Middletown High School this week, nearly a dozen students in a middle school science class worked to create their own version of lightning.
FRANKLIN — Tents are popping up this week across Fenwick High School’s parking lot in preparation for the 58th annual Fenwick Festival scheduled for Friday through Sunday, June 25-27.
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