Peer Pressure: It’s Everywhere!

Maybe you read the article “Lawmakers to look at new requirements for graduation” in Sunday’s Kennebec Journal.  It was also listed over on the right under “Current Articles.”

A reform of graduation requirements has been a motif over the last few years, with incremental changes occurring everywhere. The effort discussed here is the last big [...]

Troubled Children Hurt, Fail, and Hurt Others

Domestic violence affects dependent children, who are more prone than their peers to academic failure as well as behavioral issues.  This seems hardly a surprise.  But it also affects those who share classrooms with them.

The researchers linked domestic violence cases to 4.6 percent of the elementary school students in their sample. These children scored [...]