Age-Related Decline of ADHD Symptoms Disrupted by Middle School

Although symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) can last into adulthood, typically they decline as a child gets older. But a new study indicates that the stressful transition from elementary school to middle school complicates this pattern and may even disrupt it. The study, which analyzed data from the NIMH-funded Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD (MTA), was published in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Research has shown that ADHD symptoms, especially...

U.S.D.E. Announces $2.4 Million in Grants to Improve Special Education Teacher Training Programs

The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $2.4 million in grants to 20 institutions in 15 states to help train highly qualified teachers of students with high incidence disabilities, such as learning disabilities, emotional disturbance and mental retardation.

The awards, made under the Special Education Preservice Training Improvement Grants Program, are meant to improve the quality of special education teacher preparation programs and ensure that graduates meet the highly...

Federal Report Shows Reading, Math Scores Up For 4th and 8th graders; Increases Seen in Teen Birth, Low Birth Weight

Federal Report Shows Reading, Math Scores Up For 4th and 8th graders; Increases Seen in Teen Birth, Low Birth Weight

The nation’s fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government’s latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children. Not all the report’s findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of...

$4.37 Million in Grants Awarded for Training Highly Qualified Personnel in Special Education

The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $4.37 million in grants to universities in 14 states to help train doctoral, post-doctoral and other graduate students to work with children with disabilities. Under the Preparation of Leadership Program, the grants will help children with disabilities by training doctoral and post-doctoral students in early intervention, special education or related services. Some money will also be used to prepare master's degree students for...

U.S.D.E. Reports Shows Impressive Gains in Reading Proficiency for Students with Disabilities

U.S. Department of Education Reports New Reading First Data From States Shows Impressive Gains in Reading Proficiency for Students with Disabilities

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced new data from the states showing impressive gains for Reading First students. The achievement data submitted by state education agencies (SEAs) and compiled and analyzed by the Education Department's contractor, American Institutes for Research, showed...

Tune-Deaf People May Hear a Sour Note Unconsciously

Findings Could Help Scientists Study Consciousness

People with tune deafness aren’t able to tell when a musician accidentally strikes the wrong note in a song, but their brains know the difference. Researchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that people with tune deafness, an auditory processing disorder in which a person with normal hearing has trouble distinguishing notes in a...

U.S. Department of Education Offers Effective Early Childhood Language and Literacy Practices

The U.S. Department of Education's "Doing What Works" Web site recently added a feature that will empower educators and administrators with research-based strategies to help boost their early childhood language and literacy practices. This new feature brings online the recommendations outlined in five research reports previously released by the Department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on early childhood education.

The "Doing What Works" site, <link...

U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Public Meetings to Discuss New Regulations for No Child Left Behind

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings recently announced in the Federal Register a series of upcoming public meetings being held around the country to discuss the proposed changes to regulations for No Child Left Behind. The meetings will seek comments from the public on the proposed regulations at the following dates, times and locations:

• Wednesday, May 14, 2008
  Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel
  40 Dalton Street
  Boston, Mass. 02115
  Time: 9 a.m....

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