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Recognizing children's successes in all areas may prevent teenage depression
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions ...
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Language support in schools vital for children with autism
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD.
Benefit of a mentor: Disadvantaged teens twice as likely to attend college
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Adult mentors give teens a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college.Mentorship by a teacher nearly doubles the odds of attending college for disadvantaged students.The students who need mentors the ...
TV Exposure May Be Associated With Aggressive Behavior in Young Children
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-year-old children who are exposed to more TV appear to be at an increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior, according to a new report co-authored by a researcher from Tulane University School ...
'Virtual students' go to school without being in school
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Eleventh-grader Philip Marten's second-hour class is orchestra. But first hour, third hour, fourth hour and the rest of his school day are spent not at school but at home in Shawnee, Kan.
Student Rewards Often Ineffective And Unnecessary, Authors Say
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems so natural to many teachers and parents: give children rewards for doing well in school and that will motivate them to achieve more. Not so fast, according to the authors of a new ...
Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice - water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of ...
New study finds high rates of childhood exposure to violence and abuse in US
Oct 07, 2009 |
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A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the ...
UAB professor's book promises solution for teaching evolution without conflict
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is author of a new book that claims it's possible to teach evolution without offending students who have strong religious convictions against ...
School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms ...
School drinking water contains toxins
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.
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