School of Shock
8.2.10 - Jennifer Gonnerman - Eight states are sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility that punishes them with painful electric
Finding a path out of the fields
8.2.10 - Agricultural changes, income limits are causing some headaches at Head Start for migrant families. Every summer, migrant and seasonal workers trek to Illinois. As parents take to the fields, the state's migrant Head Start centers embark on the tough task of enrolling the young children in education programs that could lead to a future away from the fields.
One-third of teens with ADHD delay high school degree or drop out
8.2.10 - Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to drop out of high school or delay completing high school than other kids, a new study has found. Researchers analyzed U.S. data and found that nearly one-third of students with the most common type of ADHD either drop out or delay high school graduation. That rate is twice that of students with no psychiatric disorder. ...
Sally Ride Science Academy aims to make kids starry-eyed
8.2.10 - Ask a third-grader to draw a scientist, and you'll probably get a white-haired man dressed in a lab coat. But Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, would like to change that. Once teachers attend her Sally Ride Science Academy, she hopes those third-graders will show men and women hiking, exploring the oceans and flying in space. And maybe the scientists will resemble the young artists themselves. ...
A School District That Takes the Isolation Out of Autism
8.2.10 - MADISON, Wis. - Garner Moss has autism and when he was finishing fifth grade, his classmates made a video about him, so the new students he would meet in the bigger middle school would know what to expect. His friend Sef Vankan summed up Garner this way: "He puts a little twist in our lives we don't usually have without him." The public schools in Madison, Wis., are nationally known for including children with disabilities in regular classes. ... |