PreK ADHD
Oct 12, 2011
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has quietly become one of America’s most critical public health crises. The incurable disorder is responsible for upward of $52 billion in health ca…
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Congress, the Courts and Education Law
Oct 6, 2011
Education law is forever evolving, but every once in a while, Congress or the courts make a significant change to the playing field in the school context. Here, Perry Zirkel, professor of education a…
A Boom in Education Litigation
Sep 5, 2011
Debunking a long held misperception, Perry Zirkel says the last 20 years of the 20th century were not an especially litigious time period for the educational community. That changed rather quickly in…
A Hidden Marketplace of Ideas
Jun 23, 2011
Private tutoring has become an essential part of the educational experience for a majority of students in Central Asia. Many families choose to invest in private tutoring in order to increase th…
On the Record: Bambara Says Autism Researcher Overstepped Bounds
Jan 7, 2011
The British publication Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has retracted a 1998 research study that touched off years of speculation that common childhood vaccines caused autis…