It seems that America’s biggest nurseries are failing at their job. Those “nursuries”—the states with the largest-growing youth populations—tend to produce the worst outcomes for kids, judged by such measures as...
Less gray matter in key areas of the brain could account for as much as 20 percent of the achievement gap between children living in poverty and those who are not, according to a new study . The results of brain scans of 389 typically...
Facebook Answers to the Question: What do you wish your parents had said to you? Anything much. I dont remember being talked to at all. You have a right to your feelings, & the right to be heard & have them considered. We believe in you. How do you feel? What do you want? I will help you figure life out. I love you. You are enough. I am proud of you. There is nothing wrong with who you are. Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it? You look upset.
Traditional face-to-face support groups are better than increasingly popular online support groups at helping people with substance abuse problems stay sober, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 141 women and 55 men, aged 18 to over 60, who...
As superintendent of Benicia Unified School District, Janice Adams found herself face to face with a first when a mother asked what Adams could do to support her kindergarten child, who was born a boy but identified as a girl. “If your...
-A non-scientifically based (i.e personal) conclusion I’ve reached. This is somewhat tongue in cheek but I think it makes some sense… After communicating to someone about malignant narcissists (I’m afraid they do exist...
There is a growing national consensus, reflected in the positions and priorities of lawmakers at all levels of government, that the U.S. criminal justice system must be reformed with the goal of ending mass incarceration. That consensus extends to...
Mental health experts will fan out to New York City’s homeless shelters, into the streets and to other places to treat mentally ill people who exhibit violent behavior, as part of an initiative announced on Thursday by Mayor Bill de...
Hannah Roberts was a first-year-medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians in 2013 when she noticed her classmates were having an especially tough time relating to dementia patients. "There's a misconception that dementia...
The name "Brownsville" doesn't necessarily vibrate the way neighborhoods and cities like Compton, Englewood and Camden do, places that stay in national headlines thanks to the extreme risks their mostly black and poor residents have to deal...
The number of people who died by suicide in local jails ticked up in 2013, even as the overall jail population declined, according to a new report. Between 2012 and 2013, the number of suicides went from 300 to 327, a 9 percent increase,...
Humans have an incredible capacity for survival. Victor Frankl wrote about his experience in a Nazi concentration camp in “Man’s Search for Meaning.” His life afterwards was rewarding and very productive despite the worst types of...
The Iowa ACEs 360 website has formally launched the new resource "Raising Resiliency: ACEs Response Toolkit." The purpose of this project is to answer one of the most common questions asked when discussing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or...
Over the past decade, a string of war movies emerged in the wake of 9/11: The Hurt Locker, Syriana, The Messenger, Green Zone, Lone Survivor, and American Sniper, to name just a few. Some have performed better than others at the box...
If there’s an argument against giving Pell grants to prisoners that particularly galls Education Secretary Arne Duncan, it’s the suggestion by some Republicans that the Obama administration is taking money intended for...