Monday, January 7, 2008

Education News - 7 Jan 2008

The family dinner is more than a quaint slice of American life. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have confirmed that it discourages teen girls from risky weight-loss tactics.
Source: www.twincities.com

Cary Gross of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, who led the study, said in a telephone interview. Despite the publication of studies in the early 1990s documenting the disparities and despite steps taken by some doctors ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

British universities may come at the top of international league tables, but they are neglecting their roles as cultural and scientific bulwarks, says John Sutherland
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Sally Smith, the founder of the widely respected Lab School of Washington and a professor of special education at American University, died Dec. 1.
Source: www.edweek.org

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



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