Intervention in 6-month-olds with autism eliminates symptoms, developmental delay
'Infant Start' therapy removes disabling delay before most children are diagnosedTreatment at the earliest age when symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found.The treatmen
Study links skipping school, failing tests to more sex, less condom use in teenagers
What do skipping school, failing tests and engaging in risky sexual behavior have in common? Lots, according to Indiana University researchers who combed through 80,000 diary entries written by 14- to 17-year-old girls.Although the findings are intuitive, this is the first study to examine the day-to-day relationship between teenage girls' reports about school-related events, how they felt and the
Frequent cannabis use in adolescence linked with reduced educational attainment
Individuals who are daily users of cannabis before age 17 are over 60% less likely to complete high school or obtain a degree compared to those who have never used the drug, new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal shows. The large meta-analysis also indicates that daily users of cannabis during adolescence are seven times more likely to attempt suicide, have an 18 times greater cha
Daily before-school, aerobic activities to younger at-risk children could help in reducing the symptoms of ADHD
Paying attention all day in school as a kid isn’t easy, especially for those who are at a higher risk of ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.A new study from Michigan State University and University of Vermont researchers shows that offering daily before-school, aerobic activities to younger at-risk children could help in reducing the symptoms of ADHD in the classroom and at home. Si
Teachers are quitting due to standardized testing and lack of voice in what they teach
Contrary to popular opinion, unruly students are not driving out teachers in droves from America’s urban school districts. Instead, teachers are quitting due to frustration with standardized testing, declining pay and benefits and lack of voice in what they teach.So finds a Michigan State University education scholar – and former high school teacher – in her latest research on teacher turnover, wh
Cyberbullying increases as students age
As students’ age they are verbally and physically bullied less but cyberbullied more, non-native English speakers are not bullied more often than native English speakers and bullying increases as students’ transition from elementary to middle school.Those are among the findings of a wide-ranging paper, “Examination of the Change in Latent Statuses in Bullying Behaviors Across Time,” recently (2014
Math placement decisions in middle school
Questions about how best to place students into appropriate middle grade math courses have been central to ongoing education policy and practice discussions in California and across the United States. Recent studies have shown that enrolling in algebra I in grade 8 works well for some students but backfires for others. This REL West report provides findings from a study of placements that were bas
Principals are less likely to use value-added measures for talent management decisions
This report describes how principals and central/home office staff in eight school systems across the country perceive the use of teacher effectiveness data for talent management decisions.Observation systems drive principals’ use of teacher effectiveness data. Principals have access to a variety of teacher effectiveness measures] but they rely most heavily on teacher observation data to m
This Week's Education Research Report 9-6-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTTeacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the 2012–13 Teacher Follow-up SurveyOf the 3,377,900 public school teachers who were teaching during the 2011–12 school year, 84 percent remained at the same school (“stayers”), 8 percent moved to a different school (“movers”), and 8 percent left the profession (“leavers”) during the followin
