While the meting out of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining school-age children long has been called into question, the use and benefit of time-out rooms now is being held in scrutiny ...

Once a victim, always a victim? So it would seem, according to a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.(Story continues below.)Discussion Starters1.) The story indicates one in 10 students w...

Student behavior in classrooms has deteriorated, especially during the last five years; and "permissive parenting" is to blame, according to recent studies and interviews with educators.A Cambridge Un...

Is advancing technology causing our brains to evolve? A new study led by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small indicates a dramatic shift is being made in how we gather and assimilate information and communi...

Newsflash: People can be persuaded.(Story continues below.)Discussion Starters1.) Do the students with whom you work ever mention being "tricked" or "duped" into doing something they wouldn't do otherwise witho...

Among cosmetic surgeries, which according to some reports has increased nearly 500 percent in the past decade, the hot new procedure is to reduce back fat, especially the area just above the bra line. The major...