Even though schools across California offer similar amounts of instructional time each week, and instructional days during the school year, students in high poverty schools get far less time for actual learning. That is a principal finding of a...
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) has released the first guidelines for training physicians to care for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), gender nonconforming, or born with differences of sex development...
A study conducted by the UC San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education program (PACE) found that childhood adversity could potentially play a role in a physician’s later professional relationships. The findings were published...
Everyone loves it what a great plan comes together - but for more complex topics what is required is coming together to formulate a plan. If you are looking for excellent resources that are free and would assist you or the professionals you know are...
One of the hallmarks of a great 21st Century learning environment is that it is far more permeable in terms of two-way communication with parents, community members, and students than ever thought possible. This has also presented great challenges for...
When you read about the characteristics of highly effective teachers, you also see that they are high "affective" as well. Their passion for learning is evident, their love of students even more so. Consider Karen Krantz who teaches in...
[A report by Louise Godbold, Co-Executive Director of Echo Parenting & Education.] Could it actually work? That is the question we've been asking ourselves ever since starting our Trauma-Informed, Nonviolent Whole School pilot project at Sally Ride Elementary. Not out loud, of course, but in the dead of the night when the overwhelming nature of transforming a whole school community on a modest budget in less than one year seems difficult at best, sheer lunacy at worst.
As far back as I can remember the concept of race has played a significant role in my life. My mother has told me that one night while I was reading an American Girl Doll book about “Addy,” an African-American girl who was a...
Jairo Gomez is 17 years old and lives in a tiny apartment in New York City with eight other family members. He has grown up in poverty, like one-third of all kids in the city. With WNYC's program Radio Rookies, Gomez tells the story of how...
E x posure to secondhand smoke and roadway traffic may be tied to increased body mass index in children and adolescents, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 3,318 children in 12 Southern California communities beginning at an average age...
Exercise seems to be good for the human brain, with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills. But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or...
TO THE EDITOR: The Brain’s Depths Re “ Learning How Little We Know ” (“The Map Makers” series, Nov. 11): As a neuroscientist, I find that the greatest obstacle to progress is not the daunting complexity of the...
The Mental Health & Faith Community Partnership is a strategic partnership between the American Association of People with Disabilities through it's Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychiatric Foundation. The partnership gathered over forty religious leaders and psychiatric leaders July 11, 2014 to discuss working together to reduce stigma associated with mental illness and improve community-based services and supports for...
Every time Berzabeth Valdez heads out to work from her mobile home on the outskirts of Houston, it crosses her mind that she might not come back. Ms. Valdez, 48, is a Mexican immigrant who has been living in Texas for 11 years without legal...
The United States is facing a critical shortage of doctors that could seriously jeopardize the ability of a patient to get medical care in the coming years. Or, at least, that's the message the medical community has been pushing for several...