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Sign Of Times: DNA Storefront Opens

by Laurel Leff | Jul 22, 2011 11:19 am | Comments (27)

For Joyce Winston, her new walk-in paternity testing clinic at the corner of Sherman and Goffe is not just a business, it’s also a mission. She hopes the clinic will help men discover whether they’re “the daddy” so others won’t have to go through what she went through—twice.

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“Neighborhood Preference,” Defined

by Mark Oppenheimer | Feb 15, 2011 3:07 pm | Comments (24)

How do you get your kid into the magnet school down the block? Westville author Mark Oppenheimer, who lives within paper-airplane-flying distance of Edgewood School, set out in search of answers, then blogged the results:

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“Goodnight, Moon,” Not “Goodnight, TV”

by Melinda Tuhus | Oct 6, 2010 11:53 am | Comments (3)

Adriana, who’s recently traded in TV time for reading time with her dad, now has seven new books to choose from at bedtime.

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Teachers Teach The New Math—To Parents

by Melinda Tuhus | Nov 2, 2009 1:07 pm | Comments (29)

When a parent tried to help her child with math homework, she discovered she didn’t know the new math. So a subsequent parent-teacher conference turned into a lesson for her as well.

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Parthenon on the Quinnipiac?

by Allan Appel | Oct 6, 2009 1:46 pm | Comments (2)

Through Latin lessons and Socratic dialogue, parents like Grace Gonzalez got a taste of Ancient Rome and Greece—and their kids’ day in school.

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Parents Group Wants In On School Reform Plan

by Allan Appel | Aug 4, 2009 11:27 am | Comments (15)

A parents group asked New Haven’s new deputy schools chief for a meeting a month ago to discuss the ambitious reform campaign he’s overseeing. The group’s still waiting.

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Some Parental Non-Involvement Is OK, Too

by Allan Appel | Jul 22, 2009 9:09 am | Comments (8)

Aldermen had a question for the mayor and his new school-reform guru: How will their fast-arriving initiative affect kids whose parents aren’t doing their job?

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Parent Activist Plans To Challenge Mayor

by Paul Bass | Jun 22, 2009 5:16 pm | Comments (25)

(Updated) Angela Watley, a parent activist and police department civilian employee, took the first official step Monday to challenge Mayor John DeStefano in November. Her top issue: improving the schools.

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Parent Leaders Graduate

by Adzua Agyapon | Jun 17, 2009 1:36 pm | Comments (6)

Tironda Newton plans to open an after-school center for city kids. She learned the skills needed to set her plans into motion from a newly revived parent leadership program.

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Parents Learn Hooker School Admission Tricks

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 16, 2009 11:14 am | Comments (72)

Hong Zheng got a tip from a school official on how to get her rejected kid into Hooker School: Go to the registration office every day for months — or plan a sneak attack with a neighbor.

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