http://www.theednews.org en-us http://www.theednews.org N/A [email protected] Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:56:25 -0500 20 http://www.theednews.org/articles/7524/1/Extreme-Irritability-Is-It-Childhood-Bipolar-Disorder/Page1.html Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating childhood mental disorders — pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation (SMD). When the brain’s electrical signals were measured during mildly frustrating situations, researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), of the National Institutes of Health, found a very different pattern in children with SMD, compared with children who had BD. [email protected] (National Institutes of Health) Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/7524/1/Extreme-Irritability-Is-It-Childhood-Bipolar-Disorder/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/7013/1/Sex-assaults-by-teachers/Page1.html Organization fights uphill battle in system that protects predators An estimated five million students in United States schools have been assaulted sexually by teachers, according to a congressional report. But no one is calling for investigations or law enforcement crackdowns, there have been no campaigns to ban the offenders from schools, and in many states there aren't even any requirements such predator attacks be reported to education licensing agenciesBut experts say they are hurt by attacks, just like girls Young victims mostly male, while penalties often hand slap What's really behind today's epidemic of teacher-student carnal relations [email protected] (WorldNet Daily) Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/7013/1/Sex-assaults-by-teachers/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/6873/1/Bullying-behind-12-suicides--Education-ministry-does-about-face-after-reexamining-37-cases/Page1.html At least 12 students who committed suicide between academic 1999 and 2005 were bullied, and bullying was the primary cause of death in two of those cases, an Education, Science and Technology Ministry investigation has found. [email protected] (Daily Telegraph (UK)) Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/6873/1/Bullying-behind-12-suicides--Education-ministry-does-about-face-after-reexamining-37-cases/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/6407/1/Making-schools-safe/Page1.html Simple, common-sense safety improvements have been included in the recent renovation of several Seattle-area schools. However, administrators are still trying to decide what measures will work best, while also maintaining an inviting campus environment. [email protected] (Seattle Times) Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/6407/1/Making-schools-safe/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/6209/1/Teen-arrested-in-Wash-school-shooting/Page1.html TACOMA, Wash. --Some students who heard the gunshots or saw the victim crumple to the floor didn't believe what was happening was real. The screaming teachers and streaks of blood on the lockers quickly convinced them it was. [email protected] (Boston Globe) Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/6209/1/Teen-arrested-in-Wash-school-shooting/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/6194/1/Lawmakers-respond-to-concerns-about-student-sex-offenders/Page1.html Their proposals would change who's notified and where some offenders could attend school.An attempted sexual assault at Reagan High School in October has several lawmakers looking to change state laws to keep juvenile sex offenders out of regular classrooms and to more quickly inform teachers and others when sex offenders enroll in school. [email protected] (Austin American-Statesman) Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/6194/1/Lawmakers-respond-to-concerns-about-student-sex-offenders/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/6175/1/This-Is-Your-Brain-on-Drugs-Dad/Page1.html The United States’ drug abuse crisis has exploded out of control. Scientifically designed strategies are urgently needed to target the manifest drug-caused damage that current policies are failing miserably to address.By MIKE MALESIt’s time to end the obsession with hyping teenage drug use. WHEN releasing last week’s Monitoring the Future survey on drug use, John P. Walters, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, boasted that “broad” declines in teenage drug use promise “enormous beneficial consequences not only for our children now, but for the rest of their lives.” Actually, anybody who has looked carefully at the report and other recent federal studies would see a dramatically different picture: skyrocketing illicit drug abuse and related deaths among teenagers and adults alike. [email protected] (New York Times (registration required)) Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/6175/1/This-Is-Your-Brain-on-Drugs-Dad/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/5808/1/Union-teachers-frustrated-over-violence-vandalism/Page1.html GRAND RAPIDS -- Teachers and students say Union High School is increasingly troubled by a small group of disruptive and sometimes violent teens, who they say act out without fear of consequences. [email protected] (Grand Rapids Press) Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/5808/1/Union-teachers-frustrated-over-violence-vandalism/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/5718/1/Campus-receives-radio-equipment-that-aids-in-disaster-management/Page1.html University Police has received specialized radio equipment valued at $52,000 through a federal program. The Radio Inter-Operability System, or RIOS, allows first responders from several agencies to communicate during an emergency, even if they usually use different radio bands. [email protected] (Binghamton University) Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/5718/1/Campus-receives-radio-equipment-that-aids-in-disaster-management/Page1.html http://www.theednews.org/articles/5708/1/Pellet-guns-pose-problems-for-schools-/Page1.html MINNEAPOLIS --Popular new pellet guns that look remarkably like lethal weapons have gotten at least one teenager killed in Florida and caused scares at schools around the country in recent months. [email protected] (Boston Globe) Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.theednews.org/articles/5708/1/Pellet-guns-pose-problems-for-schools-/Page1.html