On Oct. 19, soccer players from 46 countries will gather in Santiago, Chile, for eight days of matches. There will be parades, flags, tens of thousands of cheering spectators, dignitaries, plenty of TV cameras — even groupies. Unlike the...
This poem by Thich Nhat Hanh embodies the essence of what he calls "interbeing," the innerconnectedness of all things. Call Me by My True Names by Thich Nhat Hanh From: Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life...
UWA researchers have demonstrated that accurately identifying children at risk of literacy problems before they begin to struggle at school requires an assessment approach which combines child, family and environmental factors. The longitudinal...
Local officials on Wednesday announced a milestone -- $36 million in federal grants -- for an ambitious program to provide a full range of social and education services to students and their families in several neighborhoods. The effort is...
A day with the Danson family would sound familiar to most Americans. Karla, an accounting clerk, leaves the house at dawn to drop her two teenagers at school, while her husband, Chris, a utility inspector, races home at 4:30 to bring them to...
Tanayshia Price, a 15-year-old black student who identifies as queer, says she has been suspended from school more times than she can count. “I feel like the school district that I’m in, they don’t know how to handle...
CAMERON TODD WILLINGHAM was accused of murdering his daughters in 1991 by setting fire to the family house. The main evidence against him was a forensic report on the fire, later shown to be bunk, and the testimony of a jailhouse informant who...
Obese young people may already be showing the warning signs of heart disease, German researchers report. The scientists found negative changes in the shape and function of the hearts of these children, compared to their normal-weight peers....
Last week, the John Howard Association, Illinois' only nonpartisan prison watchdog and justice reform advocate, released “In Their Own Words,” a report that chronicles the journey of six young serious offenders through...
Times reporters, Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz, have written a series of stories about brutality at Rikers Island. Since the first piece ran in March, a judge has urged the firing of six officials implicated in beatings inside the jail...
Low-income people in three Southern states were recently asked whether they preferred Medicaid or private insurance. Guess which one they picked? A study published in the journal Health Affairs found that poor residents of Arkansas, Kentucky and...
If you've been following the news in recent months, you've seen a parade of stories in which unarmed men, usually but not always black, had calamitous encounters with police. In just the past two weeks, there was: an indictment in the shooting...
Children, who are neglected or emotionally abused, experience similar mental health issues as those who are physically or sexually abused, a new study states. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/apa-cpa100814.php
Apologies to Wikipedia (I'm posting this, but I'm not sure it's legal), but I just found this and wanted to bring it out for greater attention. (If this is illegal, I will remove the post.) Anyway, the point is that creative people have chosen to...
Schools can play a crucial role in helping the 10 percent to 20 percent of children worldwide who would benefit from some form of mental health treatment, experts say. About 75 percent of adults who use mental health services had a diagnosable...