Education Archive
California’s schools are quick to call in police for relatively minor offenses, behavioral issues or classroom disruptions, according to a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California. Because many school districts lack clear policies on how …
There are about 32 million American teenagers, and the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that by the age of 15 just over 20 percent of them either have or have had a seriously debilitating psychological disorder including ADHD, mood …
He had a vision for life. It was all pasted up on his “vision board” – words like family, opportunities, genius, world’s greatest, climbing the corporate ladder, starts with a single step. He had visited Chicago’s Kenwood Academy, and was blown …
Like many people, I have a favorite book. Cultural conventions would have me say that it is something by the likes of Dostoevsky, Voltaire, Shakespeare or another world-renowned writer or philosopher. In reality, the book I like the most is …
Youth Services Insider got our hands on a study out of North Carolina State University about a disturbing pattern in the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. According to research done on ADHD diagnosing and medicating trends between 2003 and 2012, …
These days, technology has changed the way that people live, work, and go to school. There are so many online degree programs available, from bachelor’s level degrees of all kinds, to online MBA programs from the best universities in the …
Entrepreneurs often credit their upbringing for their business success. Amazing family work ethics, or just big dreamers, it is clear that the world needs more innovation and more entrepreneurs. The skills involved with entrepreneurship are also very valuable life skills …
Michael A. Lindsey is the new director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. He succeeds Mary M. McKay who left McSilver to become dean at the George Warren …
When Stefanie Gluckman, the new director of Los Angeles County’s Education Coordinating Council, talks about the goals that the council outlines in its new strategic plan, she circles back to the word “opportunity.” Opportunities to connect youth with services and …
Numerous studies have shown that low-income parents tend to participate less in their children’s educational experience than parents with higher incomes. For more than 50 years, the U.S. government has been trying to change that by offering funding to increase …
