Category: 2012 Newsletter

July 9, 2012 News Clips More public schools splitting up boys, girlsSan Francisco ChronicleJuly 8, 2012 Sexting common behavior among U.S. teens – studyReutersJuly 3, 2012 Summer Is Peak Time for Teens to Try Drugs, AlcoholEveryday HealthJuly 2, 2012 Guys who like My Little Pony gather for ‘BronyCon’Chicago Sun-TimesJuly 2, 2012 Parents: Be vigilant for READ MORE

July 16, 2012 News Clips How to Catch a Falling SonGreatschools.orgJuly 15, 2012 The McKnight Foundation announces over $3 million in three new grants to increase literacy by third grade  McKnight.orgJuly 14, 2012 Teaching social skills cuts Chicago youth violence- studyChicago TribuneJuly 13, 2012 Arne Duncan To Report College Completion Rates Rise By Half A Percentage READ MORE

July 23, 2012 News Clips ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting: Three heroes died in Aurora taking bullets for their girlfriends Daily NewsJuly 23, 2012 More Augusta gangs affiliating with national groupsAugusta ChronicleJuly 21, 2012 CDC: Whooping cough rising at alarming rate in US Associated PressJuly 19, 2012 German lawmakers demand certainty on circumcisionNewsDayJuly 19, 2012 Boy Scout ban READ MORE

July 30, 2012 News Clips Does Impulsiveness Give Boys Math Edge?Live ScienceJuly 27, 2012 Teen Sex: More Teenagers Using Condoms Over Past Two Decades, CDC ReportsHuffington PostJuly 24, 2012 Boy Scout policy on banning gays could cost backing, dollarspennlive.comJuly 23, 2012 Teen court program tackles bullying, hate crimesLos Angeles TimesJuly 22, 2012 International News CHINA READ MORE

August 6, 2012 News Clips Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predatorsLos Angeles Times, August 5, 2012 Parents Just Don’t Understand –  in denial about their kids’ sexual livesSlateAugust 4, 2012 Healthy Lungs and Hearts Predict Better Math, Reading ScoresEducation WeekAugust 3,2012 Boy Scouts ask court to force major redactions to ‘perversion files’ set READ MORE

August 13, 2012 News Clips Teens and Video Games: How Much Is Too Much?Live ScienceAugust 10, 2012 Cyberbullying not as rampant as thought, study suggestsNBC NewsAugust 10, 2012 Two boys join in creating book about experiences with bulliesArizona Daily StarAugust 10, 2012 President Obama and Mitt Romney join in opposition of Boy Scouts’ ban on READ MORE

August 20, 2012 News Clips Benefits of infant circumcision reconfirmed as rates declineUSA TodayAugust 20, 2012 HIV infections among young black New Orleanians traced to abstinence-only sex educationTimes-PicayuneAugust 19, 2012 Teens having less oral sex, study saysLos Angeles TimesAugust 17, 2012 Sex Life of Teenagers Is Subject of StudyNew York TimesAugust 16, 2012 Eagle Scouts READ MORE

August 27, 2012 News Clips Will boys and girls have equal access to education in 2015?World Education BlogAugust 23, 2012 Boys on the SideThe AtlanticSeptember 2012 Mentor a young man and change a lifeHammond Community NetAugust 23, 2012Findings Gathered As Part of “Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes” CampaignDemocratic UndergroundAugust 23, 2012 Sex and the Single Teen: Internet READ MORE

September 4, 2012 News Clips Judge stops W. Va. single-sex classes: Were they a success or psuedoscience?Christian Science MonitorAugust 31, 2012 Advice for worried parents: Let the children playMercury NewsAugust 29, 2012 Circumcision Rates Vary Widely in U.S.Jewish Daily ForwardAugust 28, 2012 Boys Suicide: The Silent Epidemic No One Wants to EncounterClarksvilleOnline.comAugust 27, 2012 Opinion Will READ MORE

September 10, 2012 News Clips Studying Sex Differences in Autism Focus of $15 Million NIH Award to Yale Center Health News Digest September 7, 2012 Suits Challenge Classrooms That Segregate Boys, Girls Wall Street Journal September 5, 2012 New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools Center on Budget and Budget Priorities September 4, 2012 Opinion Forum: It’s READ MORE