"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...

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...

Gray matter volume and connections between several brain regions better forecast 8-year-olds' acquisition of math skills than their performance on standard math tests. Brain scans from 8-year-old children can predict gains in their mathematical...

The severity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in youth appears to be reflected in their brain structure, recent NIMH-supported brain imaging studies are finding. In one study, researchers found that the front part of...

The research suggests that while it is still rare to prescribe powerful psychiatric drugs to 2-year-olds, the practice is becoming more frequent. The data, compiled from 2000 to 2007, and published in the Journal of the American Academy of...

Due to the controversial issues,numerous complaints, and varied concerns from administrators, teachers, and parents about President Bush's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education reform plan, a bipartisan commission is being created to take a...

The symptoms of a severe brain disorder similar to autism, which affects around 10,000 UK children, could be reversed, scientists believe. A team at Edinburgh University made symptoms of Rett syndrome disappear in mice by activating a single...

Frequent, long-term instruction in physical education not only helps adolescents be more fit but also equips them with knowledge about how regular physical activity relates to good health, research at Oregon State University shows. The findings...

Richard J. Lucido, Ph.D. East Detroit Public Schools Abstract Our current paradigm of Individualized Education Program (IEP) construction, the creation of a legal document or contract between parents and schools, needs rethinking. This...

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