MJ’s kids ’set to go to school for the first time’

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - High quality child care not only boosts the chances of academic success for low-income kids, but it also combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study. Researchers from Boston College, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Samford University studied 1,300 middle school students, and found that the children who spent more time in high-quality child care in the first five years of their lives had better reading and math scores in middle school.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Late pop legend Michael Jackson's mother has decided not to send the star's three children to school and they will reportedly continue learning from home with private tutors. Jackson's mother Katherine was granted custody of Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II 'Blanket', seven, after the King of Pop's tragic death in June.

August 30th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's children will join Beckham boys to step into classrooms for the first time in their lives, it has emerged. All of Jackson's three children were home-tutored when he was alive.

August 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Beauty Queen Pooja Chopra, the elegant winner of India's Femina beauty contest and who will be representing India at the Miss World 2009 contest, visited a red-light area of Mumbai. The purpose of her visit was to interact with the young children of the sex workers.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - American actress Megan Fox has filmed an anti-bullying spoof video to promote her new movie 'Jennifer's Body', which stars her as a high school student who becomes a boy-eating killer after she is possessed by a demon. Fox, 23, took to the internet with a joke public service announcement, urging school kids to resist peer pressure and be themselves, even if it means "killing and eating every boy at your school." "Every year, thousands of kids entering our high schools, succumbing to terrible peer pressure.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Model-turned-actress Megan Fox has released a spoof anti-bullying video on the Internet to promote her new movie "Jennifer's Body". The "Transformers" actress stars in the new horror film as a high school student who becomes a boy-eating killer after she is possessed by a demon and Fox has taken to the web with a joke public service announcement, urging school kids to resist peer pressure and be themselves - even if it means "killing and eating every boy at your school", reports contactmusic.com.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - American singer and late King of Pop Michael Jackson's brother Tito Jackson has insisted that the 'Thriller' star fathered all three of his own children. Tito Jackson, 55, said all one needs to do is look into the eyes of the children and see the likeness of Jacko there, especially his youngest son Blanket's.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he was bullied at school after the film franchise turned him into a star. The 19-year-old actor revealed that kids at his school teased him because he was so well known following the success of his first Harry Potter - forcing the youngster to toughen up.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Pink recently showed off her generous side when she invited homeless kids to her concert and talked to them backstage. During the 10th show in Sydney as part of her a long 58-date Australian tour, the singer invited students from Surry Hills' independent high Key College school which caters for Sydney's homeless and shared her experience with them.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - Bosses at Disney are looking for youngsters who can do Zac Efron's role in a UK version of 'High School Musical' on their new channel. The company is looking for UK-produced formats of shows like 'High School Musical' and 'Hannah Montana' for the new Disney XD channel, including entertainment series focused on music and sports.

June 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Actress Liv Tyler says that she is an on-off celebrity when it comes to dressing up for an occasion. The 'Lord of the Rings' star has revealed that she often wears just a coat over her nightgown while dropping her four-year-old son Milo to school.

June 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Parents who allow their kids to take their mobile phones to bed have been blamed for encouraging a generation of over-tired "zombies" in a new study. Child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg says that "stupid" parents are putting their child's health at risk by letting them do so.

May 25th, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan and his former wife Jemima might have divorced, but they still make a compatible team, for the latter has taken the liberty to offer coaching from Imran to help the fundraiser at her kids' school. Jemima has offered cricket coaching by Imran as part of a Great Ormond Street Hospital fundraiser at the West London School, where her kids Sulaiman, 12, and Kasim, 9, study.

May 16th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Peter Andre was reduced to tears when he saw the pictures of his kids five days after becoming estranged from his wife Jordan. Jordan fled to France with the couple's two kids-Junior, 3, and Princess Tiaami, 21 months-after Peter called it quits with her.

May 12th, 2009 Helping kids is giving Goldie Hawn purposeWASHINGTON — These days, Goldie Hawn is more interested in helping children than making movies. Hawn hasn't released a film since "The Banger Sisters" in 2002.