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• Poor sleep tied to kids' lower academic performance
• Judge clears the way for Chicago to close 50 schools
• Of course posh private L.A. schools will hire celebrity photographers for yearbook pics

Poor sleep tied to kids' lower academic performance Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:34 AM PDT By Veronica Hackethal, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who have trouble sleeping tend to do worse in school than their peers who get a good night's sleep, a new study suggests. Researchers in Brazil looked at children age seven to 10 who attended Sao Paulo public schools. They found kids with symptoms of sleep disorders or sleep breathing disorders earned lower grades than those without problems sleeping, on average. Thirteen percent of children with difficulty sleeping had failing grades in Portuguese, compared to nine percent of those without sleep problems. ...

Judge clears the way for Chicago to close 50 schools Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:57 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge cleared the way for Chicago to close 50 public schools by denying a request from some parents to stop the closings because they affected mainly African-American students. Sean Morales-Doyle, an attorney for the parents who brought the complaint, said Friday that attorneys are reviewing the opinion, issued Thursday, and deciding what to do next. U.S. District Judge John Z. ...

Of course posh private L.A. schools will hire celebrity photographers for yearbook pics Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:16 AM PDT The rift between the haves and the have-nots is even wider than you thought in Los Angeles, where fancypants private schools are bringing in celebrity photographers to shoot yearbook portraits for the gangly, awkward children of the rich and famous.

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