Is It ADHD or Immaturity? Recent Research Says The Answer Isn’t Always Clear
By Dr. Sherri Singer Truly in the many years I have been talking to parents, I can honestly say that there is no topic that brings such passion as this one. Passion in many ways. While I never ask...
View ArticleIn SHAPE, Fitness Program For Mentally Ill, Expands In New Hampshire
By Holly Ramer KEENE, N.H. — Back when he was a self-described friendless recluse, Craig Carey spent hours sitting in a chair doing nothing or driving around in his car, alone. Then a fitness program...
View ArticleA novel way of teaching literacy
By Sheila Wayman WHEN RITA Treacy arrived for her niece’s christening in St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, some years ago, she was asked, as godmother, to do a reading. As somebody who has dyslexia, “I...
View ArticleBill requiring school district bullying policies passes House committee
By David Montgomery A bill requiring South Dakota schools to put in place a bullying policy passed the House Education Committee on Monday after a debate over local control. SB 130 would require each...
View ArticleAre Santorum’s comments on higher ed out of step?
Associated Press When Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum calls President Barack Obama "a snob" for wanting all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the public’s overall...
View ArticleOnline Dish: Under Wraps; 12-yr-olds Can Order Condoms Free Online Without...
By Maggie Flecknoe Kids are getting more advanced and sexual at an earlier age. And now 12-year-olds can order free condoms online from The Condom Access Project’s (CAP) website: TeenSource.org. The...
View ArticleT.J. Lane: When violence in the home goes to school
By Jeneba Ghatt WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 – No one knows for certain why 17-year old sophomore T.J. Lane opened fire at teen boys sitting at a cafeteria table in an Ohio high school on Monday. Although...
View ArticleChild prodigies stress need for life balance
By Nara Schoenberg Tatyana Ali appeared on “Sesame Street” when she was 6 years old and “Star Search” when she was 7, but nothing prepared her for the day when a school bus pulled up as she was walking...
View ArticleStudent Obesity Rate Slowing Thanks To Prevention Efforts In Schools
By Joanna Lin Obesity is still on the rise among California students, but after years of prevention measures in schools, the rate is slowing, new research shows. More than 35 percent of students were...
View ArticleStudents & guns, what do districts do?
By Pam Stevens In the past two weeks this nation, including Washington State, has been witness to the devastation that occurs when kids bring guns to school. First the shooting in Bremerton, Kitsap...
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