Can principals be better leaders if they have more time to focus on instruction? The Washington, D.C., schools are adding managers to handle operations and logistics.

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Children of people in the country illegally often experience fear and worry — with the shadow of deportation as a constant presence. How can they work through those emotions? One workshop uses comics.

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May 25, 2017

Children on Medicaid are unlikely to be offered comprehensive ADHD care, and, as a result, are more likely to discontinue treatment, a new study published in Pediatrics finds. The study found that racial disparities affected which children have (and maintain) access to well-rounded treatment.

Researchers used nine...

You may or may not have heard of the Marshmallow Test, but the Marshmallow Test has heard of you. Let me explain. In 1960, researchers gave kindergarten-aged children a choice: Eat one marshmallow now, or save that marshmallow and have another one later.

The originator of the study, Walter Mischel, found that kids who...

Whether diagnosed at 6 or 60, most adults with ADHD remember the distinct moment when a lifetime of idiosyncrasies and challenges clearly came into focus as symptoms of attention deficit disorder. Maybe this “Aha” moment came in the office of a guidance counselor or therapist who finally recognized that you are...

Most American adults have finished high school. For those who haven't, wages are rock bottom and the unemployment rate is more than 7 percent. That's why Goodwill opened a charter school for adults.

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The education secretary testified before a House subcommittee on the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposal, which calls for deep cuts to education.

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ADHD is a relatively common diagnosis, but that doesn’t mean it should ever be pronounced lightly. An accurate and well-rounded ADHD diagnosis is a complex, multi-step process, including a clinical interview, a medical history review, and the completion of normed rating scales by loved ones, educators, and/or colleagues....

“Do you have your wife’s ID?”

I stare dumfounded at the RN standing behind the Emergency Room nurses’ station. She waits, gives me an encouraging smile

“Oh, no. No, I forgot her purse at home, I think. Wait, no, the paramedics must have it. That’s it, I’m sure they have it.”

“T...

Forms are the death of the ADHD mama. And every single thing in modern America requires a form, a waiver, a tax document, a permission slip, a notarized form, or a completed physical. As the parent in the family, you are the one who has to fill the form out.

That means several things.

First, you have to remember that the form...

The White House is expected to ask for big cuts, push school choice and change student loan repayment. But presidents have rarely succeeded in cutting the Education Department budget.

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There are weeds everywhere I look. The spring has been generous; our drought is over and the plants have been well nourished by a wet winter. The roses are flourishing, four buds ready to burst for every one that is blooming. They are a metaphor for my mind—full of ideas for the next big thing, but competing for time...

Each school morning, I get into the car at 7:35, take a deep breath, and wait. Just when my mind sees the word tardy, scrawled angry and red, Lee bursts out of the house with her rolling backpack in tow, its wheels flying off the ground, clutching her boots and jacket. She heaves her backpack into the trunk and yanks open the...

It's hard to know how schools of choice — charter or private — are performing. Researchers say that's precisely because they are schools of choice. But here's what we do know.

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A push for better student data and more news of the week.

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