Adolescent Brain

Brain research shows possibilities for second chances

September 17, 2013

Brain research shows possibilities for second chances By Jennifer Brookland   By the time Crystal Williams was 21 years old, she’d spent more than half of her life in foster care. Her brain worked in ways that reflected her past—she lacked... Read More
 

The dream of being a student

August 22, 2013

There was not a very good chance that shy, 16-year-old Phoolo was going to stay in school. So much was stacked against her: A history of irregular attendance, the burden of caring for her younger siblings and then the need to work as a part-time maid instead of advancing her education....
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Computer courses keep Cambodian students in school

August 20, 2013

Ry Phanith is the smallest student in his ninth grade class at Bay Damram School in northwestern Cambodia—so short he has trouble reaching the pedals on his bike as struggles along rural roads each morning to get to class....
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