Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression By the time they reached adulthood, graduates of an intensive early childhood education program for poor children showed higher educational attainment, lower rates of serious crime and...

"Certificate of Completion" Hoax Email Regarding Graduation Requirements and the No Child Left Behind Act May 25, 2006, U.S. Department of Education Deputy Press Secretary Chad Colby today released the following statement regarding a hoax...

December 16, 2005 Tucson, Ariz. — The U.S. Department of Education today announced the creation of the Center for Rural Education to address challenges facing rural schools and named former U.S. Commissioner of Education William L. Smith as its...

Majority of Children with ASDs in the Areas Studied had Developmental Concerns Before Age Three The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported findings today from the first and largest summary of prevalence data from multiple...

House Approves Castle Bill to Improve Head Start Early Childhood Program WASHINGTON, D.C. September 22, 2005 – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill to introduce greater competition into the federal Head Start early childhood...

Children who experience a brief drop in blood sugar right after birth may have a harder time with reading and math when they go to school, a new study suggests. The study, of nearly 1,400 fourth-graders, found that kids who had so-called...

A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child's future. It shapes their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development while setting them on a path to success in both their academic journey and overall life experiences....

Well Siblings Share Some of the Same Behavioral, Neural Features The brain’s fear hub likely becomes abnormally small in the most severely socially impaired males with autism spectrum disorders, researchers funded by the National Institutes of...

In youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the brain matures in a normal pattern but is delayed three years in some regions, on average, compared to youth without the disorder, an imaging study by researchers at the National...

For most children who otherwise might need surgery for scoliosis -- curvature of the spine -- having them wear a brace helps prevent their condition from worsening to the point where an operation is needed, a new study says. In fact, the study...