Sad Children Outperform
Happy Children in Attention-to-Detail Tasks
Psychologists at the University of Virginia and the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) have conducted experimental research
that contrasts with the belief that happy children are the best learners.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/study-sad-child.php
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Making new moms work
While the Family and Medical
Leave Act gives eligible parents 12 weeks unpaid
leave to care for a new child, it is limited to workplaces of more than 50
employees, leaving out about 48.1 million working Americans
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/making-new-moms.php
Children's diet not the
main cause of ADHD
Food may not be the major
cause of hyperactivity in children; genetics, brain function and parental
actions such as smoking may be just as important.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/childrens-diet.php
Most caregivers of young
children lack basic knowledge of potentially toxic household products
According to a new study,
knowledge of potentially toxic household substances among primary caregivers
for young children is alarmingly poor.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/most-caregivers.php
Child maltreatment victims
lose 2 years of quality of life
Child maltreatment is associated
with reductions in quality of life even decades later, according to a new
University of Georgia study that finds that---on average---victims
lose at least two years of quality of life.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/study-child-mal.php
New study shows sedentary
high school girls are at significant risk for future osteoporosis
Significant numbers of female
high school athletes and non-athletes suffer from one or more components of
the female athlete triad, a combination of three conditions that can lead
to cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by Medical College of
Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/new-study-shows-5.php
**Civic Engagement - Philanthropy
National Initiative Aims
to Set Record Voter Turnout at Colleges and Universities
To help ensure that students
stay engaged through the general election, the National Campus Voter Registration
Project has launched a nonpartisan, nationwide campaign to register college
students, educate students about the issues and candidates, and motivate students
to go to the polls on Election Day.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/national-initia.php
American Dental Education
Association Members Meet With Legislators and Staff at Advocacy Day
Members from 25 states visited
more than 90 Congressional offices to educate members of Congress and their
staff about issues affecting access to oral health care and funding for dental
and craniofacial research last month.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/american-dental-4.php
Americans believe wounded
Iraq war veterans are not receiving high
quality medical care in US
Americans who have a close
family member who is serving or has served in the military are just as likely
as Americans with no military connection to say that wounded Iraq veterans do not receive high quality
care in military and VA hospitals.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/americans-belie.php
**Community Development
Photography Program;
10-Week Statewide Program Aims to Connect Teens to Their Communities
The California Council for
the Humanities has awarded grants to 21 California libraries to conduct an innovative
Council-developed photography and writing project for teens this summer and
fall.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/300-teens-in-21.php
Alcohol-outlet density
and violence are clearly linked over time
All three types of outlets
examined -- hotel pubs, bars and packaged-liquor outlets -- had positive relationships
with assault rates. Hotel pubs and bars were the biggest drivers of violence
in inner-city areas, while packaged-liquor outlets were more important in
suburban areas
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/alcoholoutlet-d.php
TARGETED, FINANCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE PLAN TO HELP HOMEOWNERS
The Bush Administration's
plan will give the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) greater flexibility
to insure mortgages and reduce monthly payments for borrowers with adjustable
rate mortgages - without forcing taxpayers to foot the bill.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/bush-administra.php
FOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS EARN HUD SECRETARY'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARD
The U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the American Institute of Architects selected Four
affordable housing developments for redefining affordable housing and its
place within the community.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/four-affordable.php
HUD ANNOUNCES DISASTER
ASSISTANCE FOR GEORGIA STORM VICTIMS
The U.S. Housing and Urban
Development announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State
of Georgia and provide support to homeowners
and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms and
tornadoes.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/hud-announces-d-1.php
HUD ANNOUNCES DISASTER
ASSISTANCE FOR IOWA STORM VICTIMS
The U.S. Housing and Urban
Development announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State
of Iowa and provide support to homeowners
and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, tornadoes,
and flooding. This assistance includes foreclosure relief for families whose
homes are insured through HUD's Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/hud-announces-d.php
**Economic Security
Race, Ethnicity, and
the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
As Congress and the Federal
Reserve consider proposals for reform, it is important to consider how and
why this crisis came to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/race-ethnicity.php
More Than 1 Million People
Benefit from Goodwill Programs; Historic Record Demonstrates Continued Need
for Employment Services
Goodwill helps people who
are having a hard time finding a job - either because of a disability, poverty,
lack of education and work experience or another obstacle -by selling donations
of clothing and household items in Goodwill stores and using the revenue to
fund job training programs that benefit hundreds of thousands of people each
year.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/more-than-1-mil.php
Another source of growing
economic insecurity
No wonder Americans are
worried about their economic security. Family incomes are fluctuating more
dramatically than they did a generation ago, according to this week's Economic
Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/another-source.php
The rising instability
of family incomes
In a new Briefing Paper,
The Rising Instability of American Family Incomes, authors Jacob S. Hacker
and Elisabeth Jacobs discuss rising family income instability, its potential
causes, and the economic implications of this disturbing trend.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/the-rising-inst.php
**Education
'The Condition of Education
2008'
“This report allows us to
take a big-picture look at the condition of American education,” said NCES
Commissioner Mark Schneider. “What we see are improvements, such as higher
math and reading scores for 4th- and 8th-graders, and increases in college
enrollment.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/06/the-condition-o.php
'The Condition of Education
2008' Part 2
A team of experts for the
American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a key role in producing "The
Condition of Education 2008," an annual report on the state of education
in the United States that has been released by the federal
government's National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/american-instit.php
Public schools as good
as private schools in raising math scores
Students in public schools
learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar
students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal
data on nearly 10,000 students.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/public-schools.php
Bridging the math gender
gap
New research published in
the journal Science demonstrates that girls perform better in mathematics
in more gender equal societies, in some cases besting male peers. The research
sought to address the issue of whether social and cultural factors influence
women’s success in math and science.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/bridging-the-ma.php
Why Middle School Creates
the Pathway to College and the Workforce
This report contains a discussion
on the importance middle grades play in young adulthood, the state of our
middle schools (demographics, school capacities and academic achievement),
the relationship between middle grades and higher education (high school graduation
and college attendance), and more.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/why-middle-scho.php
**Health
Mental disorders cost
society billions in unearned income
Major mental disorders cost
the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according
to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute
of Mental Health
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/mental-disorder-1.php
First State-by-State
Health System Scorecard to Focus on Children Finds Wide Differences in Health
Care
States vary widely in the
quality of health care children receive, as well as children's access to care,
family insurance premiums, equity, and the potential to lead long healthy,
productive lives, according to a new scorecard issued by The Commonwealth
Fund.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/first-statebyst.php
U.S. Variations in Child Health System
Performance: A State Scorecard
This report examines variations
among states' child health care systems, building on the State Scorecard published
by The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/us-variations-i.php
Why Young Adults Become
Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2008 Update
Young adults, ages 19 to
29, are one of the largest segments of the U.S. population without health insurance:
13.7 million lacked coverage in 2006. This issue brief outlines several policy
changes to help uninsured young adults gain coverage and prevent others from
losing it
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/rite-of-passage-1.php
Young Adults at Risk:
13.7 Million Lack Health Insurance Coverage
According to a newly updated
report from The Commonwealth Fund, 38 percent of high school graduates who
do not attend college and 34 percent of college graduates will spend some
time uninsured in the year after graduation. 
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/young-adults-at.php
**Nonprofit Management
Thunderbird Kicks Off
Innovation Summit and $20,000 Challenge
Thunderbird School of Global Management is preparing
for its third annual Global Sustainable Innovation Summit that draws the brightest
graduate-level students from top universities around the world. The contestants
bring fresh perspective on how innovation and sustainability can be integrated
in ways that simultaneously create social, environmental and business value."
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/thunderbird-kic.php
**Nutrition and Healthy
Living
Prevalence of obesity
among US children and teens does not increase
There was no significant
increase in the prevalence of obese children and teens in the U.S. between 1999 and 2006, in contrast
to the increase that had been reported in prior years, according to a study
in the May 28 issue of JAMA.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/prevalence-of-o.php
**Substance Abuse
Secondhand smoke increases
hospital admissions for all types of infectious diseases
Children exposed to second
hand tobacco smoke are more likely to get severe infectious diseases and have
to be admitted to hospital, finds research published online ahead of print
in Tobacco Control.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/secondhand-smok-3.php
Alcoholism is not just
a 'man's disease' anymore
A new examination of data
on similarly aged groups, compared across decades, has found substantial increases
in drinking and alcohol dependence among women. Increases were particularly
notable among white and Hispanic women -- beginning with those born in the
United States after World War II.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/alcoholism-is-n.php
