Education is historically considered to be the thing that levels the playing field, capable of lifting up the less advantaged and improving their chances for success."Play by the rules, work hard, apply yourself and do well in school, and that will...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interactive voice response systems integrated with electronic health records have the potential to improve primary care by engaging parents outside clinical settings via spoken language. The objective of this study was...
When it comes to brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground. "The experience of play changes the connections of the neurons at the front end of your brain," says Sergio Pellis, a researcher at the...
If 11-year-old Jordan Brown had yet had the opportunity in school to learn about the United Nations, it probably wouldn't have surprised him to also learn that the U.S. is one of only two nations on the globe that have refused to ratify the UN...
Diabetics who live in low-income neighborhoods are about 10 times as likely to have an amputation as those who live in affluent areas, a study reports. Researchers used California hospital discharge data in 2009 to identify 7,793 lower-extremity...
My personal response to this depressing question would have to be an ashamed 'Yes' for the United States; a relieved 'No' for most of the rest of the developed world. Admittedly, though, I am not the best person to provide a long view answer. We will...
Los Angeles Unified Supt. John Deasy opened the new school year Tuesday with a speech to administrators in which he urged them to eliminate the dropout rate, and then assigned each one a struggling student to look after. Much of Deasy's talk at...
School coaches will be added to the list of jobs required to report suspected child abuse to authorities, according to legislation signed today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Previously, state law was unclear on whether coaches were mandated to report...
Along the Front Range, there were 61 child victims of sex trafficking identified last year, and at least an equal number thought to be misidentified as drug, domestic violence or runaway cases. On June 23, the latest major FBI sting occurred, rescuing...
"I want to be a paleontologist," my young male patient said, squinting at a wrinkled clipping from the newspaper of a dinosaur skeleton at the museum as I examined him. An impressive aspiration for a 10-year-old who looked like he needed glasses, but...
The Society for Research and Child Development released a report earlier this year that finds that children are at greatest risk of victimization before age 3, a time of rapid brain development, and that abused children are more likely to exhibit poor...
Oree, 19, is attending college after escaping from a life of sexual abuse and prostitution. She was an 11-year-old runaway when she was first forced onto the streets by a sweet-talking but vicious pimp. About 20 percent were victims of labor...
A new study says that children are the most vulnerable and largest population affected by climate change but they continue to be ignored in global negotiations. “ The challenges of climate change: Children on the frontline ”, prepared by...
Ask any child in Gaza to do a drawing and the resulting picture is likely to be a house being bombed by a fighter plane. In the strife-torn Palestinian enclave, thousands of children are suffering from the trauma of war but resources to help them are...
All this hardship is particularly tough on children, said Jane Zehnder-Merrell, Kids Count project director at the Michigan League for Public Policy. Researcher call it “toxic stress,” which is itself strongly associated with increased...