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| 1 | **Wednesday, September 3, 2014** | |
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| 2 | - [headlines view]() | |
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| 4 | - ### [How Career Dreams Are Born](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140929105138.htm) | |
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| 5 | ## Featured Research | |
| 6 | Sep. 29, 2014 � A new study shows just what it takes to convince a person that she is qualified to achieve the career of her dreams. Researchers found that it's not enough to tell people they have the skills or ... [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140929105138.htm) | |
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| 7 | _from universities, journals, and other organizations_ | |
| 8 | - ### [The Dangers of Teens Using Marijuana](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150606.htm) | |
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| 10 | Sep. 25, 2014 � Whether states should legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use is a hot topic across the country. As the debates continue a potentially dangerous environment is being created where more ... [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150606.htm) | |
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| 12 | #### Thursday, October 2, 2014 | |
| 12 | 13 | |
| 13 | ## Featured Videos | |
| 14 | - [Relationship between neighborhood drug sales, drug use found](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002092432.htm) | |
| 14 | 15 | |
| 15 | _from AP, Reuters, AFP, and other news services_ | |
| 16 | #### Wednesday, October 1, 2014 | |
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| 18 | - [Intervention helps decrease 'mean girl' behaviors, researchers find](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141001133209.htm) | |
| 19 | - [Insight into challenges facing college athletes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141001090338.htm) | |
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| 21 | #### Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | |
| 20 | 22 | |
| 21 | ## All Educational Policy News | |
| 23 | - [Preterm birth complications, pneumonia are leading causes of death in children under five years](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140930212036.htm) | |
| 22 | 24 | |
| 23 | _last updated on 2014-09-03 at 11:36 pm EDT_ | |
| 25 | #### Monday, September 29, 2014 | |
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| 27 | - [Chefs at schools can increase school meal participation, vegetable intake among students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140929180415.htm) | |
| 28 | - [How career dreams are born](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140929105138.htm) | |
| 26 | 29 | |
| 27 | - [summaries view]() | |
| 28 | - [headlines view]() | |
| 30 | #### Friday, September 26, 2014 | |
| 29 | 31 | |
| 30 | - ### [Clean Air Halves Health Costs in Chinese City](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902114637.htm) | |
| 32 | - [Policies of NIH, other funders, have improved data-sharing by life-science investigators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140926150451.htm) | |
| 33 | - [Child maltreatment underreported in Medicaid claims, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140926150418.htm) | |
| 34 | - [Scarring effects of primary-grade retention?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140926141136.htm) | |
| 35 | - [Secret to raising well behaved teens? Maximize their zzzzz's](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140926085830.htm) | |
| 31 | 36 | |
| 32 | Sep. 2, 2014 � Air pollution regulations over the last decade in Taiyuan, China, have substantially improved the health of people living there, accounting for a greater than 50 percent reduction in costs associated ... [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902114637.htm) | |
| 37 | #### Thursday, September 25, 2014 | |
| 33 | 38 | |
| 34 | - ### [Computer Games Give a Boost to English](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140828135319.htm) | |
| 39 | - [The dangers of teens using marijuana](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150606.htm) | |
| 40 | - [Curbing childhood obesity: New tool helps schools measure activity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925130731.htm) | |
| 35 | 41 | |
| 36 | Aug. 28, 2014 � If you want to make a mark in the world of computer games you had better have a good English vocabulary. It has now also been scientifically demonstrated that someone who is good at computer games ... [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140828135319.htm) | |
| 42 | #### Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | |
| 37 | 43 | |
| 38 | - ### [Disability, Deafness Often Go Hand-in-Hand](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140826100721.htm) | |
| 44 | - [Realizing the promise of education: An effective early intervention program for substance exposed babies and toddlers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140924144953.htm) | |
| 45 | - [Single statistic can strengthen public support for traffic safety laws](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140924135016.htm) | |
| 46 | - [University health schools' use of holistic admissions has positive impact, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140924113529.htm) | |
| 47 | - [False memories could be a side-effect of human ability to learn rules](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140924113039.htm) | |
| 39 | 48 | |
| 40 | Aug. 26, 2014 � At least forty per cent of UK people with learning disabilities are suffering from hearing loss, but new research shows they are unlikely to be diagnosed. To research hearing loss in people with ... [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140826100721.htm) | |
| 49 | #### Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | |
| 41 | 50 | |
| 51 | - ['Brain Breaks' increase activity, educational performance in elementary schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140923142741.htm) | |
| 52 | - [Medical students who attended community college likelier to serve poor communities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140923131452.htm) | |
| 53 | - [Increased knowledge of HPV vaccines does not predict higher rate of vaccination](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140923110606.htm) | |
| 54 | - [Are millennial generation students changing the roles of teachers?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140923110600.htm) | |
| 55 | - [Lack of sleep increases risk of failure in school](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140923090021.htm) | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | #### Monday, September 22, 2014 | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | - [Nursing improvements could boost outcomes for underweight black newborns](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140922130519.htm) | |
| 60 | - [Learning language through cookery and technology](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140922110301.htm) | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | #### Sunday, September 21, 2014 | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | - [Fear of failure from a young age affects attitude to learning](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140921223559.htm) | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | #### Friday, September 19, 2014 | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | - [Two generation lens: Current state policies fail to support families with young children](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140919122220.htm) | |
| 69 | - [Children who go to preschool achieve higher grades at high school graduation, British study shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140919104452.htm) | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | #### Thursday, September 18, 2014 | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | - [Video games could dramatically streamline educational research](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140918210138.htm) | |
| 74 | - [Smartphone app reveals users' mental health, performance, behavior](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140918121448.htm) | |
| 75 | - [Students' reporting of weapons at school: Factors that influence decision to 'tell'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140918101639.htm) | |
| 76 | - [Kids eat better if their parents went to college](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140918101631.htm) | |
| 77 | - [Middle school dilemma: Girls' body image affected by older peers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140918091424.htm) | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | #### Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | - [Why bioethics literacy matters](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140917151939.htm) | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | #### Monday, September 15, 2014 | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | - [National study examines ways federal policy can impact childhood, adolescent obesity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915164921.htm) | |
| 86 | - [Web-based training can reduce campus rape, study concludes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915153615.htm) | |
| 87 | - [Autism: Change schools -- not students -- for more inclusive education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915083740.htm) | |
| 88 | ||
| 89 | #### Thursday, September 11, 2014 | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | - [New 'Click' antenatal classes prepare children for school](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140911093334.htm) | |
| 92 | - [Teachers risk role confusion on Facebook](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140911092909.htm) | |
| 93 | ||
| 94 | #### Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | |
| 95 | ||
| 96 | - [Cyberbullying increases as students age, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140910132530.htm) | |
| 97 | - [Video game teaches kids how to code](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140910120415.htm) | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | #### Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | |
| 100 | ||
| 101 | - [Prioritizing pregnant women in malaria endemic regions for bed nets from clinics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909152742.htm) | |
| 102 | - [Students take note: Evidence that leaving essays to the last minute ruins your grades](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909144542.htm) | |
| 103 | - [High-stakes testing, lack of voice driving teachers out](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909113627.htm) | |
| 104 | - [Skipping school linked to failing tests, more sex, less condom use in teenagers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909093715.htm) | |
| 105 | ||
| 106 | #### Monday, September 8, 2014 | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | - [Teens living with two college-educated parents less likely to use alcohol, marijuana](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908152932.htm) | |
| 109 | - [Too many kids with asthma, food allergies lack school emergency plans](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908135427.htm) | |
| 110 | ||
| 111 | #### Friday, September 5, 2014 | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | - [Past sexual assault triples risk of future assault for college women](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140905152947.htm) | |
| 114 | - [Early school testing no indication of later success](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140905090424.htm) | |
| 115 | ||
| 116 | #### Thursday, September 4, 2014 | |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | - [Students report greater learning gains in in-class science courses vs. online courses](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140904094802.htm) | |
| 119 | ||
| 42 | 120 | #### Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
| 43 | 121 | |
| 122 | - [Guideline for determining effectiveness of college football training methods](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140903163625.htm) | |
| 44 | 123 | - [Nature or nurture? It's all about the message](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140903105757.htm) |
| 45 | 124 | |
| 46 | 125 | #### Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
| 47 | 126 | |
| 127 | - [Community music programs enhance brain function in at-risk children](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902205335.htm) | |
| 128 | - [More than half of biology majors are women, yet gender gaps remain in science classrooms](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902171429.htm) | |
| 48 | 129 | - [Taxes, subsidies could encourage healthier diet, lower healthcare costs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902171156.htm) |
| 49 | 130 | - [Humiliation tops list of mistreatment toward med students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902151143.htm) |
| 131 | - [The future of higher education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902144249.htm) | |
| 50 | 132 | - [Clean air halves health costs in Chinese city](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902114637.htm) |
| 51 | 133 | |
| 52 | 134 | #### Monday, September 1, 2014 |
| 53 | 135 | |
| 54 | 136 | - [Family dinners good for teens' mental health, could protect from cyberbullying](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140901211537.htm) |
| 55 | 137 | - [Consequences of teen alcohol, marijuana use studied](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140901085850.htm) |
| 156 | 238 | - [Removing vending machines from schools is not enough to reduce soda consumption](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140801213343.htm) |
| 157 | 239 | |
| 158 | 240 | #### Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| 159 | 241 | |
| 160 | 242 | - [Money talks when it comes to acceptability of 'sin' companies, study reveals](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140730120250.htm) |
| 161 | 243 | |
| 162 | #### Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | |
| 163 | ||
| 164 | - [Informal child care significantly impacts rural economies](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729164900.htm) | |
| 165 | - [Local education politics 'far from dead,' experts say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729101152.htm) | |
| 166 | - [First grade reading suffers in segregated schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729101150.htm) | |
| 167 | - [Primary school reading initiative boosts literacy in Kenya](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729101001.htm) | |
| 168 | ||
| 169 | #### Monday, July 28, 2014 | |
| 170 | ||
| 171 | - [Researchers examine changing face of cognitive gender differences in Europe](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140728153931.htm) | |
| 172 | - [Parents need to talk to their children about school bus safety at the start of the school year](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140728153642.htm) | |
| 173 | - [Children with disabilities benefit from classroom inclusion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140728104504.htm) | |
| 174 | ||
| 175 | #### Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
| 176 | ||
| 177 | - [Creating sustainable STEM teacher programs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724144259.htm) | |
| 178 | - [Childhood friendships crucial in learning to value others](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724141439.htm) | |
| 179 | - [Teens pay high psychiatric toll when raised in conditions of political conflict](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724112558.htm) | |
| 180 | - [Community service programs that include reflection found to be more beneficial to youth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724094212.htm) | |
| 181 | - [Wives with more education than their husbands no longer at increased risk of divorce](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724092816.htm) | |
| 182 | ||
| 183 | #### Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | |
| 184 | ||
| 185 | - [Medical student perceptions of health policy education improving, but 40% are still not satisfied, study shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140723180747.htm) | |
| 186 | ||
| 187 | #### Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | |
| 188 | ||
| 189 | - [Charter schools nationwide more cost-effective, produce greater ROI](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140722152428.htm) | |
| 190 | - [Preschoolers can reflect on what they don't know](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140722142519.htm) | |
| 191 | - [Natural-terrain schoolyards reduce children's stress, says study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140722102405.htm) | |
| 192 | - [Room for improvement in elementary school children's lunches and snacks from home](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140722101910.htm) | |
| 193 | - [Low-income students in high performing high schools less likely to engage in risky behavior](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140722091731.htm) | |
| 194 | ||
| 195 | #### Monday, July 21, 2014 | |
| 196 | ||
| 197 | - [Students accept healthier lunches, school leaders report](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140721142131.htm) | |
| 198 | ||
| 199 | #### Thursday, July 17, 2014 | |
| 200 | ||
| 201 | - [Gaps in efforts to enforce alcohol laws identified by national study of colleges](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140717180500.htm) | |
| 202 | - [Help wanted: School principals who love change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140717142039.htm) | |
| 203 | - [Investing in sexual, reproductive health of 10 to 14 year olds yields lifetime benefits](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140717095110.htm) | |
| 204 | ||
| 205 | #### Wednesday, July 16, 2014 | |
| 206 | ||
| 207 | - [Sometimes passion at work can be dangerous](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140716214923.htm) | |
| 208 | ||
| 209 | #### Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | |
| 210 | ||
| 211 | - [Unintended consequences of raising state math, science graduation requirements](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140715141911.htm) | |
| 212 | - [Rollout strategy is key to battling India's TB epidemic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140715141347.htm) | |
| 213 | - [Kids' 'community' knowledge from internet leaves researcher hopeful](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140715095513.htm) | |
| 214 | ||
| 215 | #### Monday, July 14, 2014 | |
| 216 | ||
| 217 | - [Study rebuts negative reputation of 'No Child Left Behind'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140714122810.htm) | |
| 218 | ||
| 219 | #### Friday, July 11, 2014 | |
| 220 | ||
| 221 | - [Women under-represented in academic medicine](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140711092240.htm) | |
| 222 | ||
| 223 | #### Thursday, July 10, 2014 | |
| 224 | ||
| 225 | - [Active shooter training increases comfort level of emergency responders](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710161529.htm) | |
| 226 | - ['It's Your Game ... Keep it Real' reduces dating violence among minority youth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710151725.htm) | |
| 227 | - [How Twitter can be used to address specific health issues](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710151723.htm) | |
| 228 | - [Want a higher GPA in college? Join a gym](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710130902.htm) | |
| 229 | - [Inadequate support in schools for diabetic children, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710111627.htm) | |
| 230 | - [Decreasing font size enhances reading comprehension among children who have already developed proficient reading skills](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710094344.htm) | |
| 231 | ||
| 232 | #### Wednesday, July 9, 2014 | |
| 233 | ||
| 234 | - [Nearly 50 percent of grade 12 students in Ontario report texting while driving](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095927.htm) | |
| 235 | - [Tenure reform increases voluntary attrition of less effective teachers in NYC](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095259.htm) | |
| 236 | ||
| 237 | #### Monday, July 7, 2014 | |
| 238 | ||
| 239 | - [Smart and socially adept increases labor market value](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707152524.htm) | |
| 240 | - [Summer jobs are good for kids, says study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707152520.htm) | |
| 241 | - [College athletes with abusive coaches more willing to cheat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707103447.htm) | |
| 242 | - [18% of high school seniors smoke hookah, researchers find](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707092322.htm) | |
| 243 | ||
| 244 | #### Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | |
| 245 | ||
| 246 | - [A 'magic moment' for unwed parents: Best time in child's life for unwed parents to marry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140702093610.htm) | |
| 247 | ||
| 248 | #### Tuesday, July 1, 2014 | |
| 249 | ||
| 250 | - [Engaging parents, community to map student success in South King County](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701145716.htm) | |
| 251 | - [Mental health wins when teens play school sports](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701145527.htm) | |
| 252 | - [Video games could provide venue for exploring sustainability concepts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701142941.htm) | |
| 253 | - [Online bullying creates off-line fear at school](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701101453.htm) | |
| 254 | ||
| 255 | #### Monday, June 30, 2014 | |
| 256 | ||
| 257 | - [Young teens who receive sexts are six times more likely to report having had sex](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140630094751.htm) | |
| 258 | ||
| 259 | #### Thursday, June 26, 2014 | |
| 260 | ||
| 261 | - [Changing roles of physicians with MBAs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626121703.htm) | |
| 262 | - [Teachers more likely to use ineffective instruction when teaching students with mathematics difficulties](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626101509.htm) | |
| 263 | - [Public sector not more effective in attracting socially motivated workers than private sector](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626095709.htm) | |
| 264 | - [Increased nearsightedness linked to higher education levels and more years spent in school](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626092909.htm) | |
| 265 | ||
| 266 | #### Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | |
| 267 | ||
| 268 | - [First year university students struggle to remember basic concepts learned the year before](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140625101659.htm) | |
| 269 | ||
| 270 | #### Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | |
| 271 | ||
| 272 | - [Prior drug use is greatest predictor of ecstasy use among U.S. high school seniors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140624135801.htm) | |
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