"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...

U.S. Census Bureau Releases Data Report on Families and Disabilities July 29, 2005 --Newly released Census 2000 data showed that approximately 20.9 million American families had at least one member with a disability and that they differed in...

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...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is initiating a multi-state collaborative study to help identify factors that may put children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities. Approximately...

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...

In an era when the average preschool day is filled with must-do curriculum, a new study has found that afternoon naps are not a waste of time. Instead, taking an afternoon snooze may actually improve a child's ability to learn by improving...

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...

Tablets and other mobile computing devices are part of everyday life, but using them can be difficult for people with paralysis. New research from the BrainGate* consortium shows that a brain-computer interface (BCI) can enable people with...