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Mold inside a school is the last thing a district wants to deal with, especially with just three weeks to go before classes are set to begin.

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Are you heading out to start back-to-school shopping for your kids? As you're picking up notebooks, pencils, backpacks and the like, make sure your children are immunized.

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As we near the middle of the summer, it's about that time to start thinking of heading back to school. For parents of children with asthma, officials with the American Lung Association are urging you to have an action plan in place.

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New Jersey school districts would serve free breakfast to low-income children it they knew it wouldn't cost them anything, right?

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Parents in the Northeast are paying the highest rates for baby-sitters in the country, ranging anywhere from 12 to 20 dollars an hour with an average of $15.50.

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Overall, New Jersey ranks 4th in the country in the national 2012 KIDS COUNT data book released this morning.

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The federal monitor overseeing improvements at the Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, which used to be DYFS, has issued a new report that finds progress is being made - but there are still big problems.

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Is your child getting enough physical activity in school? As schools continue to push for more rigorous curriculum, they are leaving little to no time for gym class.

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Lead exposure over time can result in hearing loss, lower intelligence, attention deficit among other health issues.

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Do schools do enough to challenge our kids? A new study from the Center For American Progress finds that New Jersey students say schoolwork is far too easy.

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