According to the Pew Research Center, Latino teens remain at high risk for poor academic outcomes. They drop out of high school at higher rates of compared to blacks, whites and Asians and they lag other groups in obtaining ...
Oct 12, 2016
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College student marijuana use continues its nearly decade-long increase, according to the most recent national Monitoring the Future study.
Sep 8, 2016
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Recent research has suggested that academic performance, reading ability and IQ have a genetic basis. This reinforces the popular notion that intelligence and related cognitive capacities are somehow "in our genes".
Aug 22, 2016
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Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40 percent less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study from Duke University that examines how early childhood characteristics affect academic performance.
Jul 6, 2016
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Parents may have high expectations of their children's academic performance and some may demonstrate this by urging the child to achieve good grades, while others may over-react when the child makes mistakes. However, parents ...
Jun 21, 2016
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Teaching teens that social and personality traits can change helps them cope with social challenges such as bullying, which in turn can help mitigate stress and improve academic performance, according to a study by psychologists ...
Jun 20, 2016
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Children who often go hungry have a greater risk of developing impulse control problems and engaging in violence, according to new UT Dallas research.
Jun 20, 2016
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Adolescents who use both marijuana and alcohol during middle school and high school are more likely to have poor academic performance and mental health during high school, according to a new study by the nonprofit RAND Corporation ...
Jun 14, 2016
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A clinical risk score developed among children presenting to an emergency department with a concussion was significantly better than physician judgment in predicting future persistent postconcussion symptoms, according to ...
Mar 8, 2016
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Can't stop texting? If you're a teenager, it may be to blame for falling grades and increased yawning in school, according to a new Rutgers study.
Jan 22, 2016
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