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Bush Plans School Violence Conference |
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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In response to three horrific incidents of violence in American schools over the past week, the White House plans to arrange a conference to address the issue, spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters o... more
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Educators Debate SAT-Optional Policies |
| Friday, September 22, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Continuing a debate that intensified earlier this year as more institutions of higher education opted not to require SAT scores from applicants, Reed College President Colin S. Diver recently wrote ... more
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Universities Debate Early Admissions Policies |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Harvard University's recent announcement that it would eliminate early admissions starting in 2007 raised eyebrows across higher education, with related schools questioning the ultimate effectiven... more
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More Students Cheating Online |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Cheating is an unavoidable element of education, in spite of strict regulations and diligent professors. Whether due to a lack of conviction or an overwhelming desire to perform, countless students us... more
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Higher Education Report Offers Sobering Message |
| Friday, September 08, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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This year's national report card on higher educationfinds America's college enrollment and graduation rates declining astuitions move disproportionately upward. Though the United Statesremains the w... more
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Kindergarten Testing: Too Much Too Early? |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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In yet another variation on the overworked American children theme, Newsweek's most recent cover story focuses on new trends in testing the performance of our youngest students. Parents and te... more
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SAT Scores See Sharpest Decline in Thirty Years |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Educators and testing officials disagree on the causes but cannot escape the fact that the newly released College Board survey shows 2006 SAT scores dropping by seven points-the steepest decline s... more
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The Roots Of Behavioral And Chemical Addictions Are Very Similar |
| Monday, August 28, 2006 By BlogMeister |
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Researchers on the topic of addiction now believe that behavioral addictions are more closely related to chemical addictions than previously recorded. In an article in this month's New Scien... more
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Charter Schools Do Not Measure Up To Expectations |
| Monday, August 28, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Those banking on charter schools as the solution to our educational shortcomings read recent reports of their underperformance with disappointment. A report released on Tuesday, essentially ... more
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More Students Grading Their Teachers Online |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Students at elite universities have, for several years, been visiting websites that provide anonymous reviews of various professors. On sites like Columbia University's CULPA, established in 1997, ... more
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Districts Aim For Better Nutrition With Cautious Optimism |
| Monday, August 21, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Blame for the current spate of health problems plaguing our nation's young people lies, in varying degrees, across the spectrum of bad dietary habits. Many of these unfortunate health decisions oc... more
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Many States Shy Away From High School Graduation Tests |
| Monday, August 21, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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A new report from the Center for Education Policy laments the failure of many states to approve new versions of required testing for high school graduation. While two thirds of American public hig... more
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Federal Report Calls For Change at American Colleges |
| Monday, August 14, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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The latest report from the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education, organized by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, points out several broad areas of difficulty among our country... more
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State Educators Receive Failing Marks From Feds |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Not one state fulfilled all requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act in the 2005-6 academic year, and several may begin to lose federal funding if they do not quickly comply. The ultimate... more
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Kids Experience High Stress Levels Too |
| Monday, July 24, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Every parent wants to raise a productive, socially engaged and well-rounded child. But how much responsibility is too much, and when should parents relax the strict scheduling of their children'... more
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Problem Children Often Develop Personality Disorders |
| Monday, July 24, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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A recent article in Psychiatric Times reports, unsurprisingly, that decades of study on childhood behavioral disorders have reached a near-unanimous conclusion: adolescent psychiatric patients... more
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From Wired Magazine |
| Monday, April 10, 2006 By Dr. William Hapworth |
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New Hope for Head Injuries By Abby Christopher| Also by this reporter 02:00 AM Apr, 06, 2006 More than 50,000 people die of head injuries in the United Stat... more
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Social Phobia |
| Friday, February 17, 2006 By |
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Social phobia is characterized by a marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur. In the feared situations, socially phobic individuals experie... more
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The Wicked Pickett |
| Saturday, January 21, 2006 By dickmac |
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One of the gifts I received for my ninth birthday was a 7" 45rpm Atlantic Records release of Wilson Pickett's "Funky Broadway." It remains, along with The Esquires' "Get On Up" (which I also received ... more
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Our blog has been nominated for Best New Medical Blog of 2005! |
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 By BlogMeister |
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If you are interested in voting for your favorite psychology blog go here to be counted. Of course we have a favorite but there are some amazing resources here that you should check out. By the way th... more
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"The Myth of the Bad Kid" |
| Friday, January 06, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Six-year-old Jimmy is having trouble in school. As a first grader, he already has a reputation among the teachers as a "bad kid." He spends most of his school day sitting in the corner or the principa... more
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Which is truth? |
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 By |
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There is no question that computers and the Internet are becoming integral parts of our lives. However, how do we react when over 20 million adults in the United Sates view the Internet as an in... more
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Homophobia in the Catholic Church. |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 By William E. Hapworth M.D. |
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September 15, 2005Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay PresenceBy LAURIE GOODSTEIN Investigators appointed by the Vatican have been instructed to review each of the 229 Roman Catholic seminaries i... more
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Paranoia? |
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 By FreudianSlipster |
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I was listening to a CEO speak today, and he was talking about successful people running successful companies. He concluded a portion of his talk with the following statement, "only the paranoid ... more
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Hmmm ... Not just a computer geek! |
| Thursday, June 16, 2005 By FreudianSlipster |
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"If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Rememberin... more
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